Chogawanਚੋਗਵਨ

Where is Chogawan?

Chogawan is a village in Moga tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-I community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034032, and it covers 627 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,420 people in Chogawan: 1,292 men and 1,128 women, living in 497 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 627 hectares, the population density works out to about 386 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 873 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 202, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 513 people, about 21 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.49 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.91 per cent and women at 72.12 per cent. The census recorded 810 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 674 main workers, the largest group, 367, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 176 other workers in trade, transport and services and 97 agricultural labourers. A further 136 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chogawan's land. Of the village's 627 hectares, 582 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (13 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (569 hectares). About 45 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 375 cultivators and 177 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, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chogawan is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Moga, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Puranewala, Kapura, Kokhri Heran and Chak Bijsar.

What is the population of Chogawan?

The population of Chogawan was 2,420 at the 2011 census, living in 497 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Chogawan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chogawan has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.