Baho Jattriਬਹੋ ਜੱਟਰੀ

Where is Baho Jattri?

Baho Jattri is a village of Bathinda tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bathinda, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bathinda community development block and is served by the Baho Yattri gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035789, and it covers 374 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 953 people in Baho Jattri: 510 men and 443 women, living in 193 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 374 hectares, the population density works out to about 255 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 869 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 88, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 264 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.4 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.19 per cent and women at 57.32 per cent. The census recorded 589 workers, about 62 per cent of the village. Of the 586 main workers, the largest group, 411, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 137 agricultural labourers and 36 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Baho Jattri's land. Of the village's 374 hectares, 317 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (317 hectares). About 34 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 413 cultivators and 138 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. 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

Baho Jattri is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bathinda, about 5 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 Baho Sibian Patti Dharam Singh, Jai Singhwala, Baho Sibian Patti Basawa Singh and Gurusar Sainewala.

What is the population of Baho Jattri?

The population of Baho Jattri was 953 at the 2011 census, living in 193 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Baho Jattri have?

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