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Where is Kotli Harchandan?

Kotli Harchandan is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dasua, about 18 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 028411, and it covers 460 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,463 people in Kotli Harchandan: 772 men and 691 women, living in 286 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 460 hectares, the population density works out to about 318 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 895 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 132, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 58 people, about 4 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.19 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.62 per cent and women at 77.36 per cent. The census recorded 426 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 402 main workers, the largest group, 246, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 132 cultivators on their own land and 13 agricultural labourers. A further 24 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kotli Harchandan's land. Of the village's 460 hectares, 330 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (330 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 134 cultivators and 13 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kotli Harchandan is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dasua, about 18 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 Mehre, Ghukla, Bhaini Mian Khan and Ghot Kalan.

What is the population of Kotli Harchandan?

The population of Kotli Harchandan was 1,463 at the 2011 census, living in 286 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Kotli Harchandan have?

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