Rakh Gagrewalਰੱਖ ਗਾਗਰੇਵਾਲ

Where is Rakh Gagrewal?

Rakh 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 14 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 038320, and it covers 216 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 146 people in Rakh Gagrewal: 80 men and 66 women, living in 23 households, an average of about 6.3 people per household. Spread over its 216 hectares, the population density works out to about 68 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 825 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 12, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 0 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.1 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.56 per cent and women at 73.77 per cent. The census recorded 41 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 38 main workers, the largest group, 26, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 6 household industry workers and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rakh Gagrewal's land. Of the village's 216 hectares, 214 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (214 hectares). About 2 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 28 cultivators and 3 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. The village also had an ASHA health worker.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Rakh Gagrewal is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Rayya, about 14 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 Aniatpur, Bhalaipur Dogra, Bhalojala and Ghagge.

What is the population of Rakh Gagrewal?

The population of Rakh Gagrewal was 146 at the 2011 census, living in 23 households in Khadur Sahib tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Rakh Gagrewal have?

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