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Where is Shambhoo Kalan?

Shambhoo Kalan is a village of Rajpura tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rajpura, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ghanaur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037076, and it covers 735 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,589 people in Shambhoo Kalan: 1,911 men and 1,678 women, living in 625 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 735 hectares, the population density works out to about 488 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 878 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 434, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 549 people, about 15 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.67 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.35 per cent and women at 70.28 per cent. The census recorded 1,327 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 1,152 main workers, the largest group, 736, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 291 cultivators on their own land and 117 agricultural labourers. A further 175 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shambhoo Kalan's land. Of the village's 735 hectares, 672 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (672 hectares). About 61 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 303 cultivators and 142 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Shambhoo Kalan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rajpura, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Rajpura, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Naushera, Mehmadpur, Sarai Mughal and Rajgarh.

What is the population of Shambhoo Kalan?

The population of Shambhoo Kalan was 3,589 at the 2011 census, living in 625 households in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Shambhoo Kalan have?

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