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Where is Kishan Singhwala?

Kishan Singhwala is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029155, and it covers 295 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,416 people in Kishan Singhwala: 751 men and 665 women, living in 273 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 295 hectares, the population density works out to about 480 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 885 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 190, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,338 people, about 94 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.88 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.84 per cent and women at 62.35 per cent. The census recorded 457 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 443 main workers, the largest group, 222, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 125 agricultural labourers and 96 cultivators on their own land. A further 14 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kishan Singhwala's land. Of the village's 295 hectares, 269 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (269 hectares). About 26 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 97 cultivators and 135 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had 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

Kishan Singhwala is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nabi Bakhshwala, Tarkhanawali, Bana Malwala and Sheikhanwala.

What is the population of Kishan Singhwala?

The population of Kishan Singhwala was 1,416 at the 2011 census, living in 273 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Kishan Singhwala have?

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