Mehma Bhagwanaਮਹਿਮਾ ਭਗਵਾਨਾ

Where is Mehma Bhagwana?

Mehma Bhagwana is a village in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Goniana, about 5 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 035767, and it covers 637 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,463 people in Mehma Bhagwana: 739 men and 724 women, living in 292 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 637 hectares, the population density works out to about 230 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 980 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 135, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 617 people, about 42 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.61 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.21 per cent and women at 57.06 per cent. The census recorded 484 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 473 main workers, the largest group, 218, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 214 cultivators on their own land and 39 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehma Bhagwana's land. Of the village's 637 hectares, 505 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (456 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (49 hectares). About 50 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 216 cultivators and 225 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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

Mehma Bhagwana is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Goniana, 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 Mehma Sarkari, Killi Nihal Singhwali, Ablu and Burj Mehma.

What is the population of Mehma Bhagwana?

The population of Mehma Bhagwana was 1,463 at the 2011 census, living in 292 households in Bathinda tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Mehma Bhagwana have?

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