# Kalaur Village, Bassi Pathana, Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab)

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Village · Bassi Pathana, Fatehgarh Sahib 

# Kalaur

Kalaur is a village in Bassi Pathana sub-district of Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, PIN code **140412**. The 2011 Census counted **2,106 people in 440 households**, the 3rd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 2,106people (2011)
- 440households
- 83.7%literacy
- 140412PIN code

## Kalaur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kalaur is 140412.** Kalaur falls in Bassi Pathana sub-district, Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab.

- PIN code140412
- Gram panchayatKalaur
- Community development blockBassi Pathana
- Census village code032576

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kalaur from nearby towns?

- Bassi Pathana (sub-district HQ)7 km by road
- Fatehgarh Sahib (district HQ)10 km by road
- Bassi Pathana (nearest town)7 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kalaur?

21 services counted by the Census are inside Kalaur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Cooperative bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college5–10 km · Fatehgarh Sahib
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Bassi Pathana
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kalaur known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 89% of the 324 hectares of village land is sown, and 287 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kalaur

Of every 100 households in Kalaur in 2011, 98 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 42 cooked with LPG; 72 had a mobile phone, 45 a two-wheeler and 11 a car.

■ Kalaur · ■ Bassi Pathana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**23%

Tap water ****59%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**87%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****42%**

**39%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**58%

Use banking services ****82%**

**74%

Television ****82%**

**85%

Mobile phone ****72%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****45%**

**57%

Car / jeep / van ****11%**

**13%

None of these assets ****4%**

**3%

Own their home ****94%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kalaur?

■ Kalaur · ■ Bassi Pathana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**885

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**870

Working population ****32.3%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 76.9% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 237 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 121 (18%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 268 (39%) · **■** Marginal 31 (5%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bassi Pathana

- Nandpur2,880 people
- Chuni Kalan2,813 people
- Chuni Khurd1,998 people
- Pawala1,974 people
- Mehmadpur1,535 people
- Railon1,373 people

[All 100 villages in Bassi Pathana](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/fatehgarh-sahib/bassi-pathana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kalaur?140412
- How far is Kalaur from Fatehgarh Sahib?10 km by road
- What is the population of Kalaur?2,106 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kalaur in?Fatehgarh Sahib district (Bassi Pathana sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Kalaur?83.7% (Census 2011)
