Kotla Bathungarhਕੋਟਲਾ ਬਥੁਨਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Kotla Bathungarh?

Kotla Bathungarh is a village of Baba Bakala tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rayya, about 18 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tarsika community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037731, and it covers 160 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,469 people in Kotla Bathungarh: 790 men and 679 women, living in 259 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 160 hectares, the population density works out to about 918 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 859 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 161, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,015 people, about 69 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.49 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.07 per cent and women at 75.99 per cent. The census recorded 683 workers, about 46 per cent of the village. Of the 382 main workers, the largest group, 205, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 86 cultivators on their own land and 56 household industry workers. A further 301 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kotla Bathungarh's land. Of the village's 160 hectares, 145 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (145 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 100 cultivators and 149 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kotla Bathungarh is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rayya, about 18 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 Naraingarh, Jabbowal, Tangra and Shahpur Khurd.

What is the population of Kotla Bathungarh?

The population of Kotla Bathungarh was 1,469 at the 2011 census, living in 259 households in Baba Bakala tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Kotla Bathungarh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Kotla Bathungarh has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.