Chak Attari Saddarwalaਚੱਕ ਅਟਾਰੀ ਸੱਡਰਵਾਲਾ

Where is Chak Attari Saddarwala?

Chak Attari Saddarwala is a village of Muktsar tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Muktsar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035412, and it covers 418 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 954 people in Chak Attari Saddarwala: 527 men and 427 women, living in 186 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 418 hectares, the population density works out to about 228 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 810 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 103, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 190 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.63 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.8 per cent and women at 58.93 per cent. The census recorded 309 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 274 main workers, the largest group, 164, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 59 agricultural labourers and 48 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 35 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Attari Saddarwala's land. Of the village's 418 hectares, 198 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (198 hectares). About 35 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. With 165 cultivators and 84 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Attari Saddarwala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Muktsar, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Saddarwala, Fattanwala, Chak Lambi Dhab and Attari.

What is the population of Chak Attari Saddarwala?

The population of Chak Attari Saddarwala was 954 at the 2011 census, living in 186 households in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Chak Attari Saddarwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chak Attari Saddarwala has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.