Bathਬਾਠ

Where is Bath?

Bath is a village of Ajnala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ajnala, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ajnala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037352, and it covers 228 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,485 people in Bath: 784 men and 701 women, living in 267 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 228 hectares, the population density works out to about 651 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 894 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 184, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 178 people, about 12 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.1 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.05 per cent and women at 66.61 per cent. The census recorded 449 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 283 main workers, the largest group, 179, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 99 cultivators on their own land and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 166 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bath's land. Of the village's 228 hectares, 204 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (64 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (140 hectares). About 24 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 103 cultivators and 73 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Bath is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ajnala, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ajnala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kamalpura, Sallodin, Dial Bharang and Khatrai Kalan.

What is the population of Bath?

The population of Bath was 1,485 at the 2011 census, living in 267 households in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Bath have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bath has government schools from primary to secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.