Chak Gandha Singhwalaਚੱਕ ਗਂਧਾ ਸਿੰਘਵਾਲਾ

Where is Chak Gandha Singhwala?

Chak Gandha Singhwala is a village of Muktsar tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bariwala, about 3 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 035451, and it covers 473 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,597 people in Chak Gandha Singhwala: 825 men and 772 women, living in 312 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 473 hectares, the population density works out to about 338 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 936 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 210, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,041 people, about 65 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.82 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 64.26 per cent and women at 50.9 per cent. The census recorded 531 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 425 main workers, the largest group, 242, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 99 agricultural labourers and 75 cultivators on their own land. A further 106 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Gandha Singhwala's land. Of the village's 473 hectares, 368 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (368 hectares). About 105 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 76 cultivators and 137 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Gandha Singhwala is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Bariwala, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Baja Madahar, Sunian, Madahar Kalan and Jhabelwali.

What is the population of Chak Gandha Singhwala?

The population of Chak Gandha Singhwala was 1,597 at the 2011 census, living in 312 households in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Chak Gandha Singhwala have?

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