Bhindi Nainਭਿੰਡੀ ਨੈਨ

Where is Bhindi Nain?

Bhindi Nain 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 037168, and it covers 442 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 683 people in Bhindi Nain: 341 men and 342 women, living in 119 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 442 hectares, the population density works out to about 155 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1003 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 155, about 23 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 615 people, about 90 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 27.65 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 41.26 per cent and women at 13.51 per cent. The census recorded 257 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 122 main workers, the largest group, 113, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 3 cultivators on their own land and 3 household industry workers. A further 135 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhindi Nain's land. Of the village's 442 hectares, 410 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (410 hectares). About 20 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 7 cultivators and 242 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhindi Nain is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. 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 Aulakh Khurd.

What is the population of Bhindi Nain?

The population of Bhindi Nain was 683 at the 2011 census, living in 119 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Bhindi Nain have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bhindi Nain has a government middle school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.