Badraਬਡਰਾ

Where is Badra?

Badra is a village of Tapa tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Tapa, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Barnala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 040044, and it covers 866 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,766 people in Badra: 1,481 men and 1,285 women, living in 513 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 866 hectares, the population density works out to about 319 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 868 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 283, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 553 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.4 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 63.21 per cent and women at 55.08 per cent. The census recorded 900 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 764 main workers, the largest group, 516, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 153 other workers in trade, transport and services and 91 agricultural labourers. A further 136 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Badra's land. Of the village's 866 hectares, 788 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 788 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (480 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (308 hectares). About 73 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 519 cultivators and 153 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.

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

Badra is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Tapa, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Tapa, the tehsil headquarters, and Barnala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhurkot, Bhaini Fatta, Rura Kalan and Kahneke.

What is the population of Badra?

The population of Badra was 2,766 at the 2011 census, living in 513 households in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Badra have?

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