Ransin Khurdਰਂਸਿਨ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Ransin Khurd?

Ransin Khurd 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 3 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 033918, and it covers 439 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,383 people in Ransin Khurd: 752 men and 631 women, living in 261 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 439 hectares, the population density works out to about 315 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 839 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 138, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 484 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.84 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.74 per cent and women at 66.13 per cent. The census recorded 616 workers, about 45 per cent of the village. Of the 514 main workers, the largest group, 258, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 247 agricultural labourers and 9 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 102 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ransin Khurd's land. Of the village's 439 hectares, 382 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (382 hectares). About 57 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 259 cultivators and 250 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 middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Ransin Khurd is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Nihal Singhwala, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Nihal Singh Wala, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Patto Hirasingh, Raoke Kalan, Gajiana and Badhni Khurd.

What is the population of Ransin Khurd?

The population of Ransin Khurd was 1,383 at the 2011 census, living in 261 households in Nihal Singh Wala tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Ransin Khurd have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ransin Khurd has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.