Khosa Randhirਖੋਸਾ ਰਂਧਿਰ

Where is Khosa Randhir?

Khosa Randhir is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 10 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 034044, and it covers 1,397 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,348 people in Khosa Randhir: 2,300 men and 2,048 women, living in 841 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,397 hectares, the population density works out to about 311 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 453, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,529 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.5 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.59 per cent and women at 64.07 per cent. The census recorded 1,342 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 1,188 main workers, the largest group, 618, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 365 cultivators on their own land and 181 agricultural labourers. A further 154 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khosa Randhir's land. Of the village's 1,397 hectares, 1,256 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (252 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (1,004 hectares). About 141 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 387 cultivators and 195 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, 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 sub-centre and an allopathic hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Khosa Randhir is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Moga, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Janer and Chuhar Singhwala.

What is the population of Khosa Randhir?

The population of Khosa Randhir was 4,348 at the 2011 census, living in 841 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Khosa Randhir have?

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