Patti Bir Singhਪੱਟੀ ਬਿਰ ਸਿੰਘ

Where is Patti Bir Singh?

Patti Bir Singh is a village in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bhadaur, about 1 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sehna community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 040086, and it covers 2,762 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,952 people in Patti Bir Singh: 1,592 men and 1,360 women, living in 567 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 2,762 hectares, the population density works out to about 107 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 854 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 260, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 390 people, about 13 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.25 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.07 per cent and women at 66.99 per cent. The census recorded 1,067 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 1,004 main workers, the largest group, 507, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 414 other workers in trade, transport and services and 45 agricultural labourers. A further 63 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Patti Bir Singh's land. Of the village's 2,762 hectares, 2,555 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,208 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (1,347 hectares). About 206 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 521 cultivators and 51 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had 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

Patti Bir Singh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Bhadaur, about 1 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 Gagewal, Patti Deep Singh, Sadowal and Patti Mohar Singh.

What is the population of Patti Bir Singh?

The population of Patti Bir Singh was 2,952 at the 2011 census, living in 567 households in Tapa tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Patti Bir Singh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Patti Bir Singh has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.