Chimabathਚੀਮਾਬਾਠ

Where is Chimabath?

Chimabath is a village in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Rayya, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rayya community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037713, and it covers 393 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,370 people in Chimabath: 1,745 men and 1,625 women, living in 617 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 393 hectares, the population density works out to about 858 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 931 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 435, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,471 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.22 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.1 per cent and women at 71.17 per cent. The census recorded 1,203 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 1,171 main workers, the largest group, 795, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 250 cultivators on their own land and 120 agricultural labourers. A further 32 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chimabath's land. Of the village's 393 hectares, 322 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (317 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (5 hectares). About 71 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 253 cultivators and 127 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chimabath is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Rayya, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Baba Bakala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Umra Nangal, Padde, Chhapianwali and Padiana.

What is the population of Chimabath?

The population of Chimabath was 3,370 at the 2011 census, living in 617 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Chimabath have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chimabath has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.