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Where is Kalu Sohal?

Kalu Sohal is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Qadian, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kahnuwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028340, and it covers 214 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 923 people in Kalu Sohal: 473 men and 450 women, living in 186 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 214 hectares, the population density works out to about 431 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 951 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 104, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 205 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.73 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.38 per cent and women at 70.85 per cent. The census recorded 265 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 216 main workers, the largest group, 123, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 87 other workers in trade, transport and services and 6 agricultural labourers. A further 49 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kalu Sohal's land. Of the village's 214 hectares, 187 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (187 hectares). About 27 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 124 cultivators and 28 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. 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

Kalu Sohal is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Qadian, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Gurdaspur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Thakar Sandhu, Manj, Thikriwala and Gill.

What is the population of Kalu Sohal?

The population of Kalu Sohal was 923 at the 2011 census, living in 186 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Kalu Sohal have?

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