Dhulkot Ransinਧੁਲਕੋਟ ਰਂਸਿਨ

Where is Dhulkot Ransin?

Dhulkot Ransin is a village of Nihal Singh Wala tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nihal Singhwala, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nihal Singhwala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033911, and it covers 1,150 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,765 people in Dhulkot Ransin: 3,076 men and 2,689 women, living in 1,104 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,150 hectares, the population density works out to about 501 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 874 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 627, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,643 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.83 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.08 per cent and women at 65.04 per cent. The census recorded 2,542 workers, about 44 per cent of the village. Of the 2,259 main workers, the largest group, 895, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 801 agricultural labourers and 504 cultivators on their own land. A further 283 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhulkot Ransin's land. Of the village's 1,150 hectares, 1,013 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (462 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (551 hectares). About 137 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 532 cultivators and 849 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, 2 government middle schools, 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 and a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Dhulkot Ransin is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Nihal Singhwala, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Nihal Singh Wala, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ransin Kalan, Nihal Singhwala, Nangal and Mahdeoke.

What is the population of Dhulkot Ransin?

The population of Dhulkot Ransin was 5,765 at the 2011 census, living in 1,104 households in Nihal Singh Wala tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Dhulkot Ransin have?

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