Gurusarਗੁਰੂਸਰ

Where is Gurusar?

Gurusar 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 035646, and it covers 706 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,305 people in Gurusar: 1,241 men and 1,064 women, living in 443 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 706 hectares, the population density works out to about 326 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 857 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 217, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 316 people, about 14 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.95 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.76 per cent and women at 61.4 per cent. The census recorded 849 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 617 main workers, the largest group, 330, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 168 agricultural labourers and 91 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 232 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gurusar's land. Of the village's 706 hectares, 628 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 (245 hectares). About 76 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 364 cultivators and 208 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.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Gurusar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. 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 Aklia Jalal, Hamirgarh, Koer Singhwala and Jalal.

What is the population of Gurusar?

The population of Gurusar was 2,305 at the 2011 census, living in 443 households in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Gurusar have?

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