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Where is Kheowali Mustal Bare Ke?

Kheowali Mustal Bare Ke is a village of Fazilka tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Fazilka, about 19 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khuian Sarwar community development block and is served by the Kheo Wali Near Bareka gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035134, and it covers 1,215 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,546 people in Kheowali Mustal Bare Ke: 1,314 men and 1,232 women, living in 459 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 1,215 hectares, the population density works out to about 210 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 938 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 322, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 484 people, about 19 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.55 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.12 per cent and women at 56.5 per cent. The census recorded 983 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 972 main workers, the largest group, 420, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 387 cultivators on their own land and 130 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kheowali Mustal Bare Ke's land. Of the village's 1,215 hectares, 1,119 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,119 hectares). About 93 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 389 cultivators and 424 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub 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

Kheowali Mustal Bare Ke is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fazilka, about 19 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Fazilka, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bareka, Lakhewali Mustal Qabul Shah, Muradwala Bhumgar and Kabulshah Khuban.

What is the population of Kheowali Mustal Bare Ke?

The population of Kheowali Mustal Bare Ke was 2,546 at the 2011 census, living in 459 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Kheowali Mustal Bare Ke have?

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