Mudh Bhillowalਮੁਧ ਭਿੱਲੋਵਾਲ

Where is Mudh Bhillowal?

Mudh Bhillowal is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 18 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 037216, and it covers 535 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,036 people in Mudh Bhillowal: 1,056 men and 980 women, living in 412 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 535 hectares, the population density works out to about 381 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 928 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 295, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 208 people, about 10 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.59 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.52 per cent and women at 59.16 per cent. The census recorded 687 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 564 main workers, the largest group, 244, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 180 cultivators on their own land and 101 agricultural labourers. A further 123 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mudh Bhillowal's land. Of the village's 535 hectares, 470 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (135 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (335 hectares). About 1 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 206 cultivators and 139 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 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. The village had a sub 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mudh Bhillowal is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 18 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 Veroke, Chuchakwal, Chak Misri Khan and Mujaffarpura.

What is the population of Mudh Bhillowal?

The population of Mudh Bhillowal was 2,036 at the 2011 census, living in 412 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Mudh Bhillowal have?

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