Talwandi Chaudhrianਤਲਵੰਡੀ ਚੌਧਰਿਆਂ

Where is Talwandi Chaudhrian?

Talwandi Chaudhrian is a village of Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sultanpur Lodhi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029400, and it covers 2,230 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 7,217 people in Talwandi Chaudhrian: 3,762 men and 3,455 women, living in 1,359 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 2,230 hectares, the population density works out to about 324 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 918 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 876, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 3,122 people, about 43 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.18 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.56 per cent and women at 64.37 per cent. The census recorded 2,950 workers, about 41 per cent of the village. Of the 2,491 main workers, the largest group, 955, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 790 agricultural labourers and 719 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 459 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Talwandi Chaudhrian's land. Of the village's 2,230 hectares, 2,055 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (2,055 hectares). About 175 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 977 cultivators and 1,080 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Talwandi Chaudhrian is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Sultanpur Lodhi, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Faridpur, Salehpur, Mahijitpur and Sawal.

What is the population of Talwandi Chaudhrian?

The population of Talwandi Chaudhrian was 7,217 at the 2011 census, living in 1,359 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Talwandi Chaudhrian have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Talwandi Chaudhrian has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.