Bagga (Baba Bakala)ਬਾਗਾ (ਬਾਬਾ ਬਕਾਲਾ)

Where is Bagga (Baba Bakala)?

Bagga (Baba Bakala) is a village of Baba Bakala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tarsika community development block and is served by the Bagga gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037774, and it covers 434 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,118 people in Bagga (Baba Bakala): 1,117 men and 1,001 women, living in 367 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 434 hectares, the population density works out to about 488 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 896 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 218, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 734 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.79 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.2 per cent and women at 68.11 per cent. The census recorded 699 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 380 main workers, the largest group, 210, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 117 cultivators on their own land and 41 agricultural labourers. A further 319 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bagga (Baba Bakala)'s land. Of the village's 434 hectares, 380 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (96 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (284 hectares). About 54 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 155 cultivators and 55 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 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 primary health sub-centre. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bagga (Baba Bakala) is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Batala, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Baba Bakala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Uchoke Kalan, Ram Dewali Musalmana, Mehmudpura and Ballowali.

What is the population of Bagga (Baba Bakala)?

The population of Bagga (Baba Bakala) was 2,118 at the 2011 census, living in 367 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Bagga (Baba Bakala) have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bagga (Baba Bakala) 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.