Kot Sardar Khanਕੋਟ ਸਰਦਾਰ ਖਾਨ

Where is Kot Sardar Khan?

Kot Sardar Khan is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 5 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 034156, and it covers 811 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,588 people in Kot Sardar Khan: 1,349 men and 1,239 women, living in 484 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 811 hectares, the population density works out to about 319 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 918 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 314, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,051 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.85 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.8 per cent and women at 61.36 per cent. The census recorded 841 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 750 main workers, the largest group, 314, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 288 other workers in trade, transport and services and 136 agricultural labourers. A further 91 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kot Sardar Khan's land. Of the village's 811 hectares, 740 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (511 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (229 hectares). About 71 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 334 cultivators and 163 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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 a sub 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

Kot Sardar Khan is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 5 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 Nurpur Haqiman, Jaffarwala and Kaila.

What is the population of Kot Sardar Khan?

The population of Kot Sardar Khan was 2,588 at the 2011 census, living in 484 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Kot Sardar Khan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kot Sardar Khan has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.