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Where is Hamirgarh Urf Dhaipai?

Hamirgarh Urf Dhaipai is a village of Mansa tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhikhi, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhikhi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036136, and it covers 1,170 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,093 people in Hamirgarh Urf Dhaipai: 1,633 men and 1,460 women, living in 578 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,170 hectares, the population density works out to about 264 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 894 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 367, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 849 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.09 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 59.77 per cent and women at 51.85 per cent. The census recorded 1,486 workers, about 48 per cent of the village. Of the 1,165 main workers, the largest group, 618, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 326 agricultural labourers and 149 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 321 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Hamirgarh Urf Dhaipai's land. Of the village's 1,170 hectares, 1,033 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (871 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (162 hectares). About 134 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 680 cultivators and 377 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 primary health centre and a primary health sub-centre. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Hamirgarh Urf Dhaipai is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhikhi, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Mansa, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khiwa Kalan, Heron Kalan, Samaon and Khiwa Khurd.

What is the population of Hamirgarh Urf Dhaipai?

The population of Hamirgarh Urf Dhaipai was 3,093 at the 2011 census, living in 578 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Hamirgarh Urf Dhaipai have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Hamirgarh Urf Dhaipai has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.