Ramnagar Chhannaਰਾਮਨਗਰ ਛੱਨਾ

Where is Ramnagar Chhanna?

Ramnagar Chhanna is a village in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Barnala, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sherpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039584, and it covers 418 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,608 people in Ramnagar Chhanna: 873 men and 735 women, living in 311 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 418 hectares, the population density works out to about 385 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 842 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 160, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 297 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.26 per cent and women at 66.17 per cent. The census recorded 545 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 514 main workers, the largest group, 249, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 124 agricultural labourers and 123 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 31 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ramnagar Chhanna's land. Of the village's 418 hectares, 354 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (354 hectares). About 64 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 250 cultivators and 128 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ramnagar Chhanna is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Barnala, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dhuri, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bari, Gobindpura, Rurgarh and Tibba.

What is the population of Ramnagar Chhanna?

The population of Ramnagar Chhanna was 1,608 at the 2011 census, living in 311 households in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Ramnagar Chhanna have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ramnagar Chhanna has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.