Parbhat Singhwala Hitharਪਰਭਟ ਸਿੰਘਵਾਲਾ ਹਿਥਰ

Where is Parbhat Singhwala Hithar?

Parbhat Singhwala Hithar is a village in Jalalabad tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Jalalabad, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalalabad community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034916, and it covers 684 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,750 people in Parbhat Singhwala Hithar: 891 men and 859 women, living in 280 households, an average of about 6.2 people per household. Spread over its 684 hectares, the population density works out to about 256 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 964 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 235, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,678 people, about 96 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.54 per cent and women at 54.74 per cent. The census recorded 470 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 436 main workers, the largest group, 365, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 36 other workers in trade, transport and services and 33 agricultural labourers. A further 34 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Parbhat Singhwala Hithar's land. Of the village's 684 hectares, 636 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (636 hectares). About 48 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 368 cultivators and 61 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had 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

Parbhat Singhwala Hithar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Jalalabad, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jalalabad, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhandi Qadim, Chak Sarkar Mahazi Parbhat Singhwala, Parbhat Singhwala Uttar and Chak Sarkar No.1.

What is the population of Parbhat Singhwala Hithar?

The population of Parbhat Singhwala Hithar was 1,750 at the 2011 census, living in 280 households in Jalalabad tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Parbhat Singhwala Hithar have?

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