Bhaini Fattaਭੈਣੀ ਫੱਟਾ

Where is Bhaini Fatta?

Bhaini Fatta is a village of Tapa tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Tapa, about 16 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 040045, and it covers 1,002 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,829 people in Bhaini Fatta: 1,453 men and 1,376 women, living in 517 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 1,002 hectares, the population density works out to about 282 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 947 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 290, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 913 people, about 32 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 61.36 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.59 per cent and women at 56.89 per cent. The census recorded 1,376 workers, about 49 per cent of the village. Of the 1,014 main workers, the largest group, 418, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 345 agricultural labourers and 238 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 362 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhaini Fatta's land. Of the village's 1,002 hectares, 928 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 632 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (414 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (218 hectares). About 59 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 448 cultivators and 474 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. The village had a sub post office. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhaini Fatta is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Tapa, about 16 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 Badra, Kahneke, Dhurkot and Dhaula.

What is the population of Bhaini Fatta?

The population of Bhaini Fatta was 2,829 at the 2011 census, living in 517 households in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Bhaini Fatta have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bhaini Fatta 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.