Bhaini Jassaਭੈਣੀ ਜੱਸਾ

Where is Bhaini Jassa?

Bhaini Jassa is a village of Barnala tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Handiaya, about 6 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 039982, and it covers 922 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,905 people in Bhaini Jassa: 1,587 men and 1,318 women, living in 536 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 922 hectares, the population density works out to about 315 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 830 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 310, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 744 people, about 26 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.08 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.63 per cent and women at 54.77 per cent. The census recorded 983 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 958 main workers, the largest group, 454, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 290 agricultural labourers and 206 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 25 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhaini Jassa's land. Of the village's 922 hectares, 836 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (597 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (239 hectares). About 72 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 455 cultivators and 293 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with an ATM. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhaini Jassa is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Handiaya, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Barnala, the tehsil headquarters, and Barnala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhanaula Khurd, Fatehgarh Chhanna, Rasulpur and Jodhpur.

What is the population of Bhaini Jassa?

The population of Bhaini Jassa was 2,905 at the 2011 census, living in 536 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Bhaini Jassa have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bhaini Jassa has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.