Khabba Rajputanਖੱਬਾ ਰਜਪੁਟਨ

Where is Khabba Rajputan?

Khabba Rajputan is a village in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Patti, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Naushera Pannuan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038012, and it covers 295 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,128 people in Khabba Rajputan: 618 men and 510 women, living in 178 households, an average of about 6.3 people per household. Spread over its 295 hectares, the population density works out to about 382 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 825 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 132, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 521 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.5 per cent and women at 57.46 per cent. The census recorded 340 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 237 main workers, the largest group, 124, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 39 agricultural labourers and 39 household industry workers. A further 103 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khabba Rajputan's land. Of the village's 295 hectares, 254 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (203 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (51 hectares). About 41 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 128 cultivators and 105 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Khabba Rajputan is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Patti, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Tarn Taran, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nandpur, Jawanda Kalan, Kheda and Sarhali Khurd.

What is the population of Khabba Rajputan?

The population of Khabba Rajputan was 1,128 at the 2011 census, living in 178 households in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Khabba Rajputan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Khabba Rajputan has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.