Kahangarhਕਾਹਨਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Kahangarh?

Kahangarh is a village in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bareta, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Budhlada community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036012, and it covers 1,467 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,287 people in Kahangarh: 2,273 men and 2,014 women, living in 811 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 1,467 hectares, the population density works out to about 292 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 886 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 470, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,161 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 54.39 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 57.92 per cent and women at 50.42 per cent. The census recorded 1,460 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 1,175 main workers, the largest group, 604, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 336 agricultural labourers and 206 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 285 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kahangarh's land. Of the village's 1,467 hectares, 1,321 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 1,318 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,260 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (58 hectares). About 146 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 13 hours a day. With 743 cultivators and 434 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub 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

Kahangarh is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bareta, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Budhlada, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kulrian, Juglan, Gorakh Nath and Mander.

What is the population of Kahangarh?

The population of Kahangarh was 4,287 at the 2011 census, living in 811 households in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Kahangarh have?

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