Kokri Behniwalਕੋਕਰੀ ਬੇਹਨਿਵਲ

Where is Kokri Behniwal?

Kokri Behniwal is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034108, and it covers 289 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,529 people in Kokri Behniwal: 817 men and 712 women, living in 317 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 289 hectares, the population density works out to about 529 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 871 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 172, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 531 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.18 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.03 per cent and women at 66.46 per cent. The census recorded 517 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 504 main workers, the largest group, 252, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 204 cultivators on their own land and 39 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 13 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kokri Behniwal's land. Of the village's 289 hectares, 257 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (19 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (238 hectares). About 32 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 211 cultivators and 255 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 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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

Kokri Behniwal is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Dharamkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kokri Buttran, Bhinder Khurd and Talwandi Malian.

What is the population of Kokri Behniwal?

The population of Kokri Behniwal was 1,529 at the 2011 census, living in 317 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Kokri Behniwal have?

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