Anoopgarh Urf Machhanaਅਨੂਪਗੜ੍ਹ ਉਰਫ ਮਛਨਾ

Where is Anoopgarh Urf Machhana?

Anoopgarh Urf Machhana is a village in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Sangat, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sangat community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035806, and it covers 484 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,441 people in Anoopgarh Urf Machhana: 765 men and 676 women, living in 284 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 484 hectares, the population density works out to about 298 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 884 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 153, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 673 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.16 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.07 per cent and women at 52.75 per cent. The census recorded 453 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 418 main workers, the largest group, 218, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 115 cultivators on their own land and 70 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 35 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Anoopgarh Urf Machhana's land. Of the village's 484 hectares, 369 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (357 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (12 hectares). About 57 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 121 cultivators and 227 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 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. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Anoopgarh Urf Machhana is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sangat, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bathinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gehri Buttar, Sangat Kalan, Mehta and Phulo Mithi.

What is the population of Anoopgarh Urf Machhana?

The population of Anoopgarh Urf Machhana was 1,441 at the 2011 census, living in 284 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Anoopgarh Urf Machhana have?

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