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Where is Bari Hari Urf Harike Kalan?

Bari Hari Urf Harike Kalan is a village in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bariwala, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Muktsar community development block and is served by the Harike Kalan gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035459, and it covers 2,854 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 8,024 people in Bari Hari Urf Harike Kalan: 4,212 men and 3,812 women, living in 1,454 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 2,854 hectares, the population density works out to about 281 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 905 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 871, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 3,497 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.85 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.42 per cent and women at 52.83 per cent. The census recorded 2,954 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 2,601 main workers, the largest group, 1,047, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 1,012 agricultural labourers and 503 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 353 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bari Hari Urf Harike Kalan's land. Of the village's 2,854 hectares, 2,531 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (2,531 hectares). About 274 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 1,063 cultivators and 1,218 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bari Hari Urf Harike Kalan is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bariwala, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Muktsar, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khokhar, Samagh and Sarai Naga.

What is the population of Bari Hari Urf Harike Kalan?

The population of Bari Hari Urf Harike Kalan was 8,024 at the 2011 census, living in 1,454 households in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Bari Hari Urf Harike Kalan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bari Hari Urf Harike Kalan has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.