Pithoਪਿੱਥੋ

Where is Pitho?

Pitho is a village of Rampura Phul tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rampura community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035699, and it covers 1,948 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,835 people in Pitho: 3,085 men and 2,750 women, living in 1,076 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,948 hectares, the population density works out to about 300 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 891 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 645, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,805 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.33 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.7 per cent and women at 57.37 per cent. The census recorded 2,188 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 1,812 main workers, the largest group, 1,012, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 399 agricultural labourers and 360 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 376 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pitho's land. Of the village's 1,948 hectares, 1,758 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,473 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (285 hectares). About 190 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 1,022 cultivators and 654 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, 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 primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 14 hours a day.

Getting there

Pitho is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Rampura Rural, Kararwala, Patti Karam Chand Mehraj and Gill Kalan.

What is the population of Pitho?

The population of Pitho was 5,835 at the 2011 census, living in 1,076 households in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Pitho have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Pitho 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.