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Where is Kahan Singhwala?

Kahan Singhwala is a village of Moga tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 19 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034070, and it covers 224 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 971 people in Kahan Singhwala: 507 men and 464 women, living in 172 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 224 hectares, the population density works out to about 433 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 915 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 116, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 180 people, about 19 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.2 per cent and women at 67.32 per cent. The census recorded 293 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 269 main workers, the largest group, 181, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 61 agricultural labourers and 20 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 24 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kahan Singhwala's land. Of the village's 224 hectares, 196 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (48 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (148 hectares). About 28 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 190 cultivators and 66 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Kahan Singhwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Moga, about 19 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jogewala, Sada Singhwala, Khukhrana and Daulatpur Niwan.

What is the population of Kahan Singhwala?

The population of Kahan Singhwala was 971 at the 2011 census, living in 172 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Kahan Singhwala have?

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