Chand Puranaਚੰਦ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ

Where is Chand Purana?

Chand Purana is a village of Bagha Purana tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033989, and it covers 661 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,566 people in Chand Purana: 1,377 men and 1,189 women, living in 506 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 661 hectares, the population density works out to about 388 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 863 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 301, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,279 people, about 50 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.64 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.64 per cent and women at 61.24 per cent. The census recorded 721 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 688 main workers, the largest group, 255, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 212 cultivators on their own land and 211 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 33 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chand Purana's land. Of the village's 661 hectares, 604 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (107 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (238 hectares). About 57 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 217 cultivators and 271 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, 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 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

Chand Purana is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 6 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 Jai Singhwala, Gill and Chotia Thoba.

What is the population of Chand Purana?

The population of Chand Purana was 2,566 at the 2011 census, living in 506 households in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Chand Purana have?

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