Balahar Vinjhuਬਲਹਰ ਵਿੰਝੂ

Where is Balahar Vinjhu?

Balahar Vinjhu is a village in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Goniana, about 1 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 035752, and it covers 547 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,309 people in Balahar Vinjhu: 1,227 men and 1,082 women, living in 444 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 547 hectares, the population density works out to about 422 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 882 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 289, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 888 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.76 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.66 per cent and women at 59.37 per cent. The census recorded 1,021 workers, about 44 per cent of the village. Of the 735 main workers, the largest group, 454, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 226 cultivators on their own land and 54 agricultural labourers. A further 286 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Balahar Vinjhu's land. Of the village's 547 hectares, 390 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (383 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (7 hectares). About 134 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 228 cultivators and 117 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 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Balahar Vinjhu is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Goniana, about 1 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 Chak Goniana kalan, Amargarh, Goniana Khurd and Nehianwala.

What is the population of Balahar Vinjhu?

The population of Balahar Vinjhu was 2,309 at the 2011 census, living in 444 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Balahar Vinjhu have?

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