Chak Bazidਚੱਕ ਬਜ਼ਿਡ

Where is Chak Bazid?

Chak Bazid is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ajnala, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chogawan community development block and is served by the Miadi Kalan gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037233, and it covers 15 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 63 people in Chak Bazid: 32 men and 31 women, living in 9 households, an average of about 7.0 people per household. Spread over its 15 hectares, the population density works out to about 420 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 969 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 12, about 19 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 39 people, about 62 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.51 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.77 per cent and women at 68 per cent. The census recorded 49 workers, about 78 per cent of the village. Of the 47 main workers, the largest group, 31, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 14 other workers in trade, transport and services and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 2 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Bazid's land. Of the village's 15 hectares, 13 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (6 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (7 hectares). About 2 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 32 cultivators and 1 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Bazid is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Ajnala, about 10 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 Miadi Kalan, Panju Kalal and Kotli Khaira.

What is the population of Chak Bazid?

The population of Chak Bazid was 63 at the 2011 census, living in 9 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Chak Bazid have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chak Bazid has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.