Chugha Kalanਚੁਘਾ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Chugha Kalan?

Chugha Kalan is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034098, and it covers 544 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,000 people in Chugha Kalan: 1,056 men and 944 women, living in 399 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 544 hectares, the population density works out to about 368 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 894 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 194, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 589 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.99 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.32 per cent and women at 67.18 per cent. The census recorded 796 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 552 main workers, the largest group, 419, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 69 agricultural labourers and 50 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 244 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chugha Kalan's land. Of the village's 544 hectares, 533 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (115 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (418 hectares). About 11 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 432 cultivators and 239 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 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

Chugha Kalan is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dharamkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chugha Khurd, Varah and Karyal.

What is the population of Chugha Kalan?

The population of Chugha Kalan was 2,000 at the 2011 census, living in 399 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Chugha Kalan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chugha Kalan 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.