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Where is Dhira Pattra?

Dhira Pattra is a village of Firozpur tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Firozpur, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Firozpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034645, and it covers 812 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,315 people in Dhira Pattra: 699 men and 616 women, living in 262 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 812 hectares, the population density works out to about 162 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 881 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 144, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 396 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.34 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.47 per cent and women at 56.55 per cent. The census recorded 442 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 300 main workers, the largest group, 214, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 69 other workers in trade, transport and services and 12 agricultural labourers. A further 142 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhira Pattra's land. Of the village's 812 hectares, 744 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (25 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (665 hectares). About 68 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 219 cultivators and 61 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Dhira Pattra is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Firozpur, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Firozpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bukan Khanwala, Gulam Pattra, Fatuwala and Chuhar Khilchi.

What is the population of Dhira Pattra?

The population of Dhira Pattra was 1,315 at the 2011 census, living in 262 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Dhira Pattra have?

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