Burj Mehmaਬੁਰਜ ਮਹਿਮਾ

Where is Burj Mehma?

Burj Mehma is a village of Bathinda tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bathinda, about 6 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 035769, and it covers 1,222 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,044 people in Burj Mehma: 2,111 men and 1,933 women, living in 752 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,222 hectares, the population density works out to about 331 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 916 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 470, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,144 people, about 53 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.01 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 63.71 per cent and women at 53.91 per cent. The census recorded 1,716 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 1,625 main workers, the largest group, 636, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 582 other workers in trade, transport and services and 357 cultivators on their own land. A further 91 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Burj Mehma's land. Of the village's 1,222 hectares, 950 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (950 hectares). About 152 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 364 cultivators and 684 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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

Burj Mehma is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bathinda, about 6 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 Killi Nihal Singhwali, Deon, Mehma Bhagwana and Buladewala.

What is the population of Burj Mehma?

The population of Burj Mehma was 4,044 at the 2011 census, living in 752 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Burj Mehma have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Burj Mehma has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.