Bathਬਾਠ

Where is Bath?

Bath is a village in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bucho Mandi, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nathana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035728, and it covers 217 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,465 people in Bath: 768 men and 697 women, living in 268 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 217 hectares, the population density works out to about 675 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 908 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 175, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 547 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.6 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.69 per cent and women at 62.1 per cent. The census recorded 624 workers, about 43 per cent of the village. Of the 579 main workers, the largest group, 279, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 239 agricultural labourers and 48 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 45 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bath's land. Of the village's 217 hectares, 211 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (211 hectares). About 6 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 296 cultivators and 256 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 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Bath is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bucho Mandi, 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 Poohla, Lehra Dhul Kot, Seman and Lehra Sondha.

What is the population of Bath?

The population of Bath was 1,465 at the 2011 census, living in 268 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Bath have?

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