Thathaਥਾਥਾ

Where is Thatha?

Thatha is a village in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fatehgarh Churian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028818, and it covers 392 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,022 people in Thatha: 1,049 men and 973 women, living in 369 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 392 hectares, the population density works out to about 516 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 928 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 263, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 647 people, about 32 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.68 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.67 per cent and women at 69.5 per cent. The census recorded 556 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 462 main workers, the largest group, 256, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 108 agricultural labourers and 95 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 94 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Thatha's land. Of the village's 392 hectares, 357 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (2 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (355 hectares). About 33 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 259 cultivators and 132 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Thatha is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Fatehgarh Churian, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Lodhi Nangal, Chataurgarh, Khokhar (331) and Sham Sherpur.

What is the population of Thatha?

The population of Thatha was 2,022 at the 2011 census, living in 369 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Thatha have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Thatha has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.