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Where is Loha Khera?

Loha Khera is a village in Sangrur tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Longowal, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sangrur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039785, and it covers 563 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,017 people in Loha Khera: 1,626 men and 1,391 women, living in 543 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 563 hectares, the population density works out to about 536 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 855 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 310, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 942 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 54.08 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 57.19 per cent and women at 50.48 per cent. The census recorded 1,008 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 802 main workers, the largest group, 404, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 258 agricultural labourers and 120 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 206 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Loha Khera's land. Of the village's 563 hectares, 517 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (320 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (197 hectares). About 40 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 5 hours a day. With 419 cultivators and 391 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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 and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub 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 11 hours a day.

Getting there

Loha Khera is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Longowal, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Sangrur, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mander Kalan, Bugar, Patti Bharaj and Mander Khurd.

What is the population of Loha Khera?

The population of Loha Khera was 3,017 at the 2011 census, living in 543 households in Sangrur tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Loha Khera have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Loha Khera 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.