Bhindi Aulakh Khurdਭਿੰਡੀ ਔਲਖ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Bhindi Aulakh Khurd?

Bhindi Aulakh Khurd is a village in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ajnala, about 18 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 037169, and it covers 681 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,198 people in Bhindi Aulakh Khurd: 649 men and 549 women, living in 203 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 681 hectares, the population density works out to about 176 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 846 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 134, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 46 people, about 4 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.85 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.25 per cent and women at 60.93 per cent. The census recorded 543 workers, about 45 per cent of the village. Of the 482 main workers, the largest group, 238, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 139 other workers in trade, transport and services and 68 agricultural labourers. A further 61 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhindi Aulakh Khurd's land. Of the village's 681 hectares, 610 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (610 hectares). About 66 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 243 cultivators and 90 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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 primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhindi Aulakh Khurd is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ajnala, about 18 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 Bhindi Nain and Jhunj.

What is the population of Bhindi Aulakh Khurd?

The population of Bhindi Aulakh Khurd was 1,198 at the 2011 census, living in 203 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Bhindi Aulakh Khurd have?

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