Burjਬੁਰਜ

Where is Burj?

Burj 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 19 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 037174, and it covers 202 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,203 people in Burj: 613 men and 590 women, living in 219 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 202 hectares, the population density works out to about 596 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 962 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 260, about 22 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,129 people, about 94 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 23.86 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 36.58 per cent and women at 11.06 per cent. The census recorded 390 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 288 main workers, the largest group, 201, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 47 cultivators on their own land and 25 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 102 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Burj's land. Of the village's 202 hectares, 179 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (179 hectares). About 23 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. The census recorded 48 cultivators and 302 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 and an ASHA health worker.

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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Burj is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Ajnala, about 19 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 Kalan, Tur, Bhindi Saidan and Kuttiwala.

What is the population of Burj?

The population of Burj was 1,203 at the 2011 census, living in 219 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Burj have?

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