Rahimpura Alias Kangthalaਰਹੀਮਪੁਰਾ ਅਲਿਆਸ ਕਂਗਥਲਾ

Where is Rahimpura Alias Kangthala?

Rahimpura Alias Kangthala is a village of Patran tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Patran, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patran community development block and is served by the Kangthala gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036243, and it covers 408 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,443 people in Rahimpura Alias Kangthala: 737 men and 706 women, living in 249 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 408 hectares, the population density works out to about 354 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 958 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 161, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 306 people, about 21 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.86 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.69 per cent and women at 71.68 per cent. The census recorded 461 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 420 main workers, the largest group, 333, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 74 agricultural labourers and 9 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 41 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rahimpura Alias Kangthala's land. Of the village's 408 hectares, 371 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (371 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 336 cultivators and 80 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Rahimpura Alias Kangthala is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Patran, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Patran, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Matauli, Saidewala Alias Naiwala, Taipur and Jogewala.

What is the population of Rahimpura Alias Kangthala?

The population of Rahimpura Alias Kangthala was 1,443 at the 2011 census, living in 249 households in Patran tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Rahimpura Alias Kangthala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Rahimpura Alias Kangthala has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.