Gagonਗਗੋਨ

Where is Gagon?

Gagon is a village of Chamkaur Sahib tehsil in Rupnagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chamkaur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038857, and it covers 243 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 650 people in Gagon: 337 men and 313 women, living in 130 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 243 hectares, the population density works out to about 267 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 929 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 64, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 373 people, about 57 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.3 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.74 per cent and women at 78.52 per cent. The census recorded 219 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 214 main workers, the largest group, 150, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 58 cultivators on their own land and 6 household industry workers. A further 5 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gagon's land. Of the village's 243 hectares, 205 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (205 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 61 cultivators and 0 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Gagon is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Chamkaur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bara Gadhram, Dehar, Rampur Bet and Mundian.

What is the population of Gagon?

The population of Gagon was 650 at the 2011 census, living in 130 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Gagon have?

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