Kot Bharaਕੋਟ ਭਰਾ

Where is Kot Bhara?

Kot Bhara is a village in Maur tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Maur, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Maur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035866, and it covers 989 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,636 people in Kot Bhara: 1,380 men and 1,256 women, living in 530 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 989 hectares, the population density works out to about 267 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 910 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 241, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 936 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.51 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.92 per cent and women at 56.39 per cent. The census recorded 1,035 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 753 main workers, the largest group, 468, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 168 other workers in trade, transport and services and 113 agricultural labourers. A further 282 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kot Bhara's land. Of the village's 989 hectares, 881 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (881 hectares). About 108 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 475 cultivators and 372 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Kot Bhara is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Maur, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Maur, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ramgarh Bhundar, Bhai Bakhtour, Ghaso Khana and Manak Khana.

What is the population of Kot Bhara?

The population of Kot Bhara was 2,636 at the 2011 census, living in 530 households in Maur tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Kot Bhara have?

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