Bhoewaliਭੋਏਵਾਲੀ

Where is Bhoewali?

Bhoewali 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 037388, and it covers 359 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,736 people in Bhoewali: 922 men and 814 women, living in 318 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 359 hectares, the population density works out to about 484 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 883 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 213, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 633 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.29 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.07 per cent and women at 61.79 per cent. The census recorded 551 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 550 main workers, the largest group, 252, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 196 agricultural labourers and 101 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhoewali's land. Of the village's 359 hectares, 322 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (219 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (103 hectares). About 37 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 252 cultivators and 196 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had 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

Bhoewali is reached by pucca 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 Rajjian, Kiampura, Mehlanwala and Sehnsra.

What is the population of Bhoewali?

The population of Bhoewali was 1,736 at the 2011 census, living in 318 households in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Bhoewali have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bhoewali 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.