Bhinder Khurdਭਿਂਡੇਰ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Bhinder Khurd?

Bhinder Khurd is a village in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034106, and it covers 644 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,074 people in Bhinder Khurd: 1,635 men and 1,439 women, living in 602 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 644 hectares, the population density works out to about 477 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 880 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 284, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 951 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.58 per cent and women at 68.08 per cent. The census recorded 1,022 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 891 main workers, the largest group, 386, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 264 other workers in trade, transport and services and 224 agricultural labourers. A further 131 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhinder Khurd's land. Of the village's 644 hectares, 575 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (27 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (548 hectares). About 69 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 397 cultivators and 316 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 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhinder Khurd is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dharamkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kokri Behniwal.

What is the population of Bhinder Khurd?

The population of Bhinder Khurd was 3,074 at the 2011 census, living in 602 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Bhinder Khurd have?

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