Dharamgarh Chhannaਧਰਮਗੜ੍ਹ ਛੱਨਾ

Where is Dharamgarh Chhanna?

Dharamgarh Chhanna is a village of Dirba tehsil in Sangrur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dirba, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sunam community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039824, and it covers 146 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 612 people in Dharamgarh Chhanna: 340 men and 272 women, living in 119 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 146 hectares, the population density works out to about 419 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 800 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 65, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 178 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.96 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.23 per cent and women at 52.24 per cent. The census recorded 362 workers, about 59 per cent of the village. Of the 347 main workers, the largest group, 197, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 97 cultivators on their own land and 50 agricultural labourers. A further 15 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dharamgarh Chhanna's land. Of the village's 146 hectares, 134 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (50 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (84 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 5 hours a day. With 100 cultivators and 51 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.

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 11 hours a day.

Getting there

Dharamgarh Chhanna is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dirba, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dirba, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Karial, Rattangarh Sidhran, Samuran and Khetla.

What is the population of Dharamgarh Chhanna?

The population of Dharamgarh Chhanna was 612 at the 2011 census, living in 119 households in Dirba tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Dharamgarh Chhanna have?

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