Burj Throrਬੁਰਜ ਥਰੋਰ

Where is Burj Thror?

Burj Thror is a village of Rampura Phul tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhagta Bhai Ka, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhagta Bhaika community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035637, and it covers 331 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,507 people in Burj Thror: 796 men and 711 women, living in 283 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 331 hectares, the population density works out to about 455 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 893 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 130, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 606 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.2 per cent and women at 65.7 per cent. The census recorded 487 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 478 main workers, the largest group, 187, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 141 agricultural labourers and 138 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 9 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Burj Thror's land. Of the village's 331 hectares, 293 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (168 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (125 hectares). About 36 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 192 cultivators and 141 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 a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Burj Thror is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Bhagta Bhai Ka, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Rampura Phul, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kotha Guru, Siriewala, Maluka and Burj Ladha Singhwala.

What is the population of Burj Thror?

The population of Burj Thror was 1,507 at the 2011 census, living in 283 households in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Burj Thror have?

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