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Where is Dhan Singh Khana?

Dhan Singh Khana is a village in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Kot Fatta, about 1 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Maur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035800, and it covers 1,142 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,182 people in Dhan Singh Khana: 1,031 men and 1,151 women, living in 422 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,142 hectares, the population density works out to about 191 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1116 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 225, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 795 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.82 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.72 per cent and women at 48.94 per cent. The census recorded 1,091 workers, about 50 per cent of the village. Of the 898 main workers, the largest group, 489, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 296 cultivators on their own land and 64 household industry workers. A further 193 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhan Singh Khana's land. Of the village's 1,142 hectares, 915 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (805 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (110 hectares). About 112 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 308 cultivators and 630 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Dhan Singh Khana is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Kot Fatta, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Bathinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chak Ram Singhwala, Kot Shamir, Chak Bakhtu and Katar Singhwala.

What is the population of Dhan Singh Khana?

The population of Dhan Singh Khana was 2,182 at the 2011 census, living in 422 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Dhan Singh Khana have?

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