Gurneyਗਰਨੀ

Where is Gurney?

Gurney is a village of Lehra tehsil in Sangrur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Lehragaga, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Lehragaga community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039895, and it covers 505 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,619 people in Gurney: 868 men and 751 women, living in 299 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 505 hectares, the population density works out to about 321 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 865 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 159, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 542 people, about 33 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 51.3 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 57.25 per cent and women at 44.36 per cent. The census recorded 577 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 473 main workers, the largest group, 294, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 161 other workers in trade, transport and services and 11 agricultural labourers. A further 104 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gurney's land. Of the village's 505 hectares, 452 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (410 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (42 hectares). About 53 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 298 cultivators and 18 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. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Gurney is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Lehragaga, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Lehra, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Alisher, Chotian, Alampur and Kalia.

What is the population of Gurney?

The population of Gurney was 1,619 at the 2011 census, living in 299 households in Lehra tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Gurney have?

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