Ranjitgarh Bandraਰਣਜੀਤਗੜ੍ਹ ਬਂਡਰਾ

Where is Ranjitgarh Bandra?

Ranjitgarh Bandra is a village of Sardulgarh tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sardulgarh, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sardulgarh community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035963, and it covers 533 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,502 people in Ranjitgarh Bandra: 771 men and 731 women, living in 275 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 533 hectares, the population density works out to about 282 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 948 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 207, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 932 people, about 62 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.21 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 64.61 per cent and women at 45.32 per cent. The census recorded 683 workers, about 45 per cent of the village. Of the 666 main workers, the largest group, 356, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 283 agricultural labourers and 17 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 17 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ranjitgarh Bandra's land. Of the village's 533 hectares, 485 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (397 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (88 hectares). About 48 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 357 cultivators and 299 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Ranjitgarh Bandra is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sardulgarh, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Sardulgarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Hingna Urf Bhagwangarh, Bhalanwara, Lohgarh and Kauriwala.

What is the population of Ranjitgarh Bandra?

The population of Ranjitgarh Bandra was 1,502 at the 2011 census, living in 275 households in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Ranjitgarh Bandra have?

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