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Where is Gehle?

Gehle is a village of Mansa tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mansa, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mansa community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036119, and it covers 523 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,766 people in Gehle: 965 men and 801 women, living in 350 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 523 hectares, the population density works out to about 338 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 830 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 149, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 425 people, about 24 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.03 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.75 per cent and women at 50.27 per cent. The census recorded 1,267 workers, about 72 per cent of the village. Of the 506 main workers, the largest group, 253, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 156 agricultural labourers and 67 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 761 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gehle's land. Of the village's 523 hectares, 461 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 431 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (430 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (1 hectares). About 62 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. With 696 cultivators and 460 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 middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Gehle is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Mansa, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Mansa, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gagowal, Ram Dittawala, Moosa and Khokhar Khurd.

What is the population of Gehle?

The population of Gehle was 1,766 at the 2011 census, living in 350 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Gehle have?

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