ਕਿਸ਼ਨਗੜ੍ਹ ਉਰਫ ਫਰਵਹੀਕਿਸ਼ਨਗੜ੍ਹ ਉਰਫ ਫਰਵਹੀ

Where is Kishangarh Urf Pharwahi?

Kishangarh Urf Pharwahi 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 036082, and it covers 1,176 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,121 people in Kishangarh Urf Pharwahi: 2,218 men and 1,903 women, living in 794 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,176 hectares, the population density works out to about 350 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 858 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 466, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,715 people, about 42 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.52 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.15 per cent and women at 54.08 per cent. The census recorded 1,925 workers, about 47 per cent of the village. Of the 1,211 main workers, the largest group, 625, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 462 cultivators on their own land and 111 agricultural labourers. A further 714 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kishangarh Urf Pharwahi's land. Of the village's 1,176 hectares, 1,084 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (934 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (150 hectares). About 92 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. The census recorded 476 cultivators and 737 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre, an allopathic hospital and a dispensary. The village had its own 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kishangarh Urf Pharwahi is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. 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 Dhalewan, Moola Singhwala, Mohar Singhwala and Dalel Singhwala.

What is the population of Kishangarh Urf Pharwahi?

The population of Kishangarh Urf Pharwahi was 4,121 at the 2011 census, living in 794 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Kishangarh Urf Pharwahi have?

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