Amargarhਅਮਰਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Amargarh?

Amargarh is a village of Bathinda tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Goniana, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bathinda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035753, and it covers 496 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,151 people in Amargarh: 621 men and 530 women, living in 220 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 496 hectares, the population density works out to about 232 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 853 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 112, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 447 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.03 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.81 per cent and women at 54.85 per cent. The census recorded 643 workers, about 56 per cent of the village. Of the 626 main workers, the largest group, 235, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 201 agricultural labourers and 183 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 17 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Amargarh's land. Of the village's 496 hectares, 434 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (360 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (74 hectares). About 44 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 237 cultivators and 203 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 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 human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Amargarh is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Goniana, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Bathinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Balahar Vinjhu, Nehianwala, Chak Goniana kalan and Sibian.

What is the population of Amargarh?

The population of Amargarh was 1,151 at the 2011 census, living in 220 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Amargarh have?

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