Kotla Mehar Singhwalaਕੋਟਲਾ ਮੇਹਰ ਸਿੰਘਵਾਲਾ

Where is Kotla Mehar Singhwala?

Kotla Mehar Singhwala is a village in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Baghapurana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033944, and it covers 730 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,129 people in Kotla Mehar Singhwala: 1,681 men and 1,448 women, living in 590 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 730 hectares, the population density works out to about 429 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 861 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 343, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,249 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.25 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.99 per cent and women at 60.94 per cent. The census recorded 1,011 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 955 main workers, the largest group, 461, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 298 agricultural labourers and 189 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 56 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kotla Mehar Singhwala's land. Of the village's 730 hectares, 636 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (519 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (117 hectares). About 94 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 472 cultivators and 324 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. 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

Kotla Mehar Singhwala is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bagha Purana, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chanuwala, Rajiana, Ugoke and Veroke.

What is the population of Kotla Mehar Singhwala?

The population of Kotla Mehar Singhwala was 3,129 at the 2011 census, living in 590 households in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Kotla Mehar Singhwala have?

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