Hamidiਹਮੀਦੀ

Where is Hamidi?

Hamidi is a village in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Barnala, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Barnala community development block and is served by the Hamadi gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 040017, and it covers 1,431 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,080 people in Hamidi: 2,708 men and 2,372 women, living in 946 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,431 hectares, the population density works out to about 355 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 876 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 526, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,422 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.35 per cent and women at 64.12 per cent. The census recorded 1,795 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 1,700 main workers, the largest group, 701, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 570 other workers in trade, transport and services and 380 agricultural labourers. A further 95 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Hamidi's land. Of the village's 1,431 hectares, 1,263 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (364 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (899 hectares). About 149 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 711 cultivators and 429 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre, an allopathic hospital, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Hamidi is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Barnala, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Bazidke Khurd, Gurm, Bazidke Kalan and Gumti.

What is the population of Hamidi?

The population of Hamidi was 5,080 at the 2011 census, living in 946 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Hamidi have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Hamidi 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.