Bahadurpur Rajoaਬਹਾਦਰਪੁਰ ਰਜੋਅ

Where is Bahadurpur Rajoa?

Bahadurpur Rajoa is a village in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sri Hargobindpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028513, and it covers 729 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,305 people in Bahadurpur Rajoa: 1,187 men and 1,118 women, living in 459 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 729 hectares, the population density works out to about 316 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 942 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 299, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 82 people, about 4 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.66 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.37 per cent and women at 60.83 per cent. The census recorded 697 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 416 main workers, the largest group, 292, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 99 other workers in trade, transport and services and 22 household industry workers. A further 281 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bahadurpur Rajoa's land. Of the village's 729 hectares, 636 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (636 hectares). About 93 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 304 cultivators and 4 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. It also had 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

Bahadurpur Rajoa is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhait, Mahesh Dogar, Kiri Afgana and Khojkipur.

What is the population of Bahadurpur Rajoa?

The population of Bahadurpur Rajoa was 2,305 at the 2011 census, living in 459 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Bahadurpur Rajoa have?

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