Rahimabad Khurdਰਹੀਮਆਬਾਦ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Rahimabad Khurd?

Rahimabad Khurd is a village in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Machhiwara, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Machhiwara community development block and is served by the Rahimabad Kurd gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033019, and it covers 164 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 840 people in Rahimabad Khurd: 440 men and 400 women, living in 161 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 164 hectares, the population density works out to about 512 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 909 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 92, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 367 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.21 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.48 per cent and women at 75.49 per cent. The census recorded 241 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 217 main workers, the largest group, 103, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 83 agricultural labourers and 28 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 24 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rahimabad Khurd's land. Of the village's 164 hectares, 146 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (146 hectares). About 18 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 104 cultivators and 99 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. 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

Rahimabad Khurd is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Machhiwara, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Samrala, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bullewal, Shamaspur, Panjgaraian and Manewal.

What is the population of Rahimabad Khurd?

The population of Rahimabad Khurd was 840 at the 2011 census, living in 161 households in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Rahimabad Khurd have?

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