Berwala Khurd


Berwala Khurd is a village located in Ellenabad Tehsil of Sirsa district, Haryana, India.Khurd and Kalan Persian language word which means small and Big respectively when two villages have same name then it is distinguished as Kalan means Big and Khurd means Small with Village Name. It is about 09 km from Ellenabad and 58 km from the district headquarters Sirsa. This village is in one corner of Sirsa and it is on border that touches the Rajasthan. It has no public transit to connect the village with nearby town . people mainly rely upon motor bike, cars and tractors. Berwala Khurd have 4,000 bigha of agricultural land. Population is near about 4500 people. In the village there is a Sahid Radhey Shyam Bhaker government senior Secondary school. Nearby villages are Dhaulpalia, Talwara Khurd, Berwala kalan.
Indira Gandhi Canal is nearby to Village. In the village there are two wells. These are not used now but old people of village used to tell that these wells had a great role for establishing this village. As for establishing village there were few rules/criteria and one out of them was availability of drinking water. When Berwala Khurd got established at that time in village there was no drinkable water source so to fulfill this drinkable water criteria 2 well has been dug and leather bag full of imported drinking water has been hanged in well to clear drinking water criteria. Before approving establishment of village officer came to check drinking water and people of village had put bucket in well but it was put originally in leather bag full of drinking water. Officer tasted water and allowed or approved establishment of the village.

Population

The village consists of mix communities. It has SC, OBC, and General category people. Most of them are illiterate. The village's economy is mainly consists of agriculture and animal husbandry. People spend their time by watching TV and playing card with neighbours.
Village having post office serves Berwala Khurd and Dhaulpalia. Village having water works, old age home, panchayat home, Aaangan wadi & Gaushala also.
Villagers mainly do agriculture and related work. Village get water from Bhakra canal and indra gandhi Canal.
Average Sex Ratio of Berwala Khurd is 941 which is higher than Haryana state average of 879. Child Sex Ratio for the Berwala Khurd as per 2011 census is 966, higher than Haryana average of 834.

Education

Berwala Khurd village has lower literacy rate compared to Haryana. In 2011, literacy rate of Berwala Khurd was 69.27 % compared to 75.55 % of Haryana. In Berwala Khurd male literacy stands at 80.57 % while female literacy rate was 57.24 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Berwala Khurd village is administrated by Sarpanch who is elected representative of village.
Sahid RadheyShyam Bhaker is Sahid army man. He was martyr in Jammu Kashmir at Kupwara Sector during kargil war. Every year villagers celebrate his martyr day on 17 December.