Burj Hanumangarhਬੁਰਜ ਹਨੁਮਨਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Burj Hanumangarh?

Burj Hanumangarh is a village of Fazilka tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Abohar, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Abohar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035072, and it covers 967 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,787 people in Burj Hanumangarh: 1,458 men and 1,329 women, living in 526 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 967 hectares, the population density works out to about 288 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 912 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 306, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,433 people, about 51 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 58.4 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.6 per cent and women at 50.67 per cent. The census recorded 1,385 workers, about 50 per cent of the village. Of the 719 main workers, the largest group, 333, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 308 agricultural labourers and 69 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 666 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Burj Hanumangarh's land. Of the village's 967 hectares, 897 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (897 hectares). About 70 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 384 cultivators and 891 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Burj Hanumangarh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Abohar, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Fazilka, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Muradwala Dalsingh, Koharianwali, Ghurianan and Jhumianwali.

What is the population of Burj Hanumangarh?

The population of Burj Hanumangarh was 2,787 at the 2011 census, living in 526 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Burj Hanumangarh have?

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