Tamkotਤਮਕੋਟ

Where is Tamkot?

Tamkot 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 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malout community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035370, and it covers 1,036 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,653 people in Tamkot: 1,424 men and 1,229 women, living in 512 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,036 hectares, the population density works out to about 256 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 863 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 283, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 905 people, about 34 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.24 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.77 per cent and women at 57.16 per cent. The census recorded 1,011 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 932 main workers, the largest group, 452, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 388 cultivators on their own land and 78 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 79 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Tamkot's land. Of the village's 1,036 hectares, 960 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (960 hectares). About 76 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. The census recorded 395 cultivators and 469 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, 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Tamkot 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 17 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 Phulewala, Chak Tamkot, Mehrajwala and Lakhmireana.

What is the population of Tamkot?

The population of Tamkot was 2,653 at the 2011 census, living in 512 households in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Tamkot have?

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