Bagga (Ajnala)ਬਾਗਾ (ਅਜਨਾਲਾ)

Where is Bagga (Ajnala)?

Bagga (Ajnala) is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Harsa Chhina community development block and is served by the Bagga Khurd gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037316, and it covers 1,017 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,329 people in Bagga (Ajnala): 1,772 men and 1,557 women, living in 649 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,017 hectares, the population density works out to about 327 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 879 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 410, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,483 people, about 45 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.77 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.17 per cent and women at 54.78 per cent. The census recorded 1,011 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 852 main workers, the largest group, 410, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 238 agricultural labourers and 160 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 159 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bagga (Ajnala)'s land. Of the village's 1,017 hectares, 855 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 851 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (840 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (11 hectares). About 162 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 429 cultivators and 307 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 dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Bagga (Ajnala) is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Lopoke, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kotli Sakka, Rakh Kohali and Othian (Ajnala).

What is the population of Bagga (Ajnala)?

The population of Bagga (Ajnala) was 3,329 at the 2011 census, living in 649 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Bagga (Ajnala) have?

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