Beharwalਬੇਹਰਵਾਲ

Where is Beharwal?

Beharwal is a village of Ajnala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chogawan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037305, and it covers 190 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 985 people in Beharwal: 535 men and 450 women, living in 196 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 190 hectares, the population density works out to about 518 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 841 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 109, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 241 people, about 24 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.27 per cent and women at 66.09 per cent. The census recorded 546 workers, about 55 per cent of the village. Of the 539 main workers, the largest group, 283, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 127 cultivators on their own land and 116 agricultural labourers. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Beharwal's land. Of the village's 190 hectares, 145 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (131 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (14 hectares). About 45 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 129 cultivators and 117 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. 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

Beharwal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 15 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 Padri.

What is the population of Beharwal?

The population of Beharwal was 985 at the 2011 census, living in 196 households in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Beharwal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Beharwal has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.