Bhullarਭੁੱਲਰ

Where is Bhullar?

Bhullar is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 8 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 037294, and it covers 596 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,727 people in Bhullar: 1,977 men and 1,750 women, living in 684 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 596 hectares, the population density works out to about 625 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 885 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 461, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,641 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.69 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 64.03 per cent and women at 57.02 per cent. The census recorded 1,156 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 1,144 main workers, the largest group, 739, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 362 cultivators on their own land and 27 agricultural labourers. A further 12 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhullar's land. Of the village's 596 hectares, 528 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (366 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (162 hectares). About 68 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 363 cultivators and 28 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.

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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhullar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 8 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 Mananwala, Tapiala and Maure.

What is the population of Bhullar?

The population of Bhullar was 3,727 at the 2011 census, living in 684 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Bhullar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bhullar 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.