Gaggar Bhanaਗੱਗਰ ਭਾਣਾ

Where is Gaggar Bhana?

Gaggar Bhana is a village of Baba Bakala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rayya, about 12 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 037821, and it covers 675 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,085 people in Gaggar Bhana: 2,110 men and 1,975 women, living in 790 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 675 hectares, the population density works out to about 605 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 936 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 449, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,559 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.61 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.96 per cent and women at 69.93 per cent. The census recorded 1,459 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 1,009 main workers, the largest group, 460, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 330 cultivators on their own land and 199 agricultural labourers. A further 450 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gaggar Bhana's land. Of the village's 675 hectares, 557 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (405 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (152 hectares). About 118 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 424 cultivators and 289 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, one government middle 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Gaggar Bhana is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rayya, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Baba Bakala, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Butala, Pallah, Kammonke and Chak Thathian.

What is the population of Gaggar Bhana?

The population of Gaggar Bhana was 4,085 at the 2011 census, living in 790 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Gaggar Bhana have?

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