Chak Gagrewalਚੱਕ ਗਾਗਰੇਵਾਲ

Where is Chak Gagrewal?

Chak Gagrewal is a village in Khadur Sahib tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Rayya, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khadur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038317, and it covers 139 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 21 people in Chak Gagrewal: 11 men and 10 women, living in 4 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 139 hectares, the population density works out to about 15 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 909 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 4, about 19 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 21 people, about 100 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 52.94 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 60 per cent and women at 42.86 per cent. The census recorded 6 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 6 main workers, the largest group, 3, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 1 cultivators on their own land and 1 agricultural labourers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Gagrewal's land. Of the village's 139 hectares, 118 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (118 hectares). With 1 cultivators and 1 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Gagrewal is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Rayya, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Khadur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gagrewal, Bhalojala, Rampur Narotampur and Aniatpur.

What is the population of Chak Gagrewal?

The population of Chak Gagrewal was 21 at the 2011 census, living in 4 households in Khadur Sahib tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Chak Gagrewal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chak Gagrewal has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.