Khirkianwalaਖਿਰਕਿਆਂਵਾਲਾ

Where is Khirkianwala?

Khirkianwala is a village in Gidderbaha tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kot Bhai community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035345, and it covers 663 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,846 people in Khirkianwala: 1,481 men and 1,365 women, living in 506 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 663 hectares, the population density works out to about 429 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 922 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 308, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,299 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.44 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.96 per cent and women at 54.5 per cent. The census recorded 841 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 733 main workers, the largest group, 439, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 159 agricultural labourers and 124 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 108 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khirkianwala's land. Of the village's 663 hectares, 564 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (433 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (131 hectares). About 97 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 447 cultivators and 180 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Khirkianwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Gidderbaha, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhuttiwala, Kauni, Assa Buttar and Gurri Sangar.

What is the population of Khirkianwala?

The population of Khirkianwala was 2,846 at the 2011 census, living in 506 households in Gidderbaha tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Khirkianwala have?

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