Kasam Bhattiਕਸਮ ਭੱਟੀ

Where is Kasam Bhatti?

Kasam Bhatti is a village of Jaito tehsil in Faridkot district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jaito, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kot Kapura community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035608, and it covers 533 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,684 people in Kasam Bhatti: 871 men and 813 women, living in 337 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 533 hectares, the population density works out to about 316 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 933 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 225, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,189 people, about 71 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.25 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.03 per cent and women at 59.03 per cent. The census recorded 613 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 444 main workers, the largest group, 191, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 124 cultivators on their own land and 120 agricultural labourers. A further 169 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kasam Bhatti's land. Of the village's 533 hectares, 487 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (487 hectares). About 46 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 127 cultivators and 253 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Kasam Bhatti is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jaito, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Jaito, the tehsil headquarters, and Faridkot town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rori Kapura, Surghuri, Ramuwala and Madhak.

What is the population of Kasam Bhatti?

The population of Kasam Bhatti was 1,684 at the 2011 census, living in 337 households in Jaito tehsil of Faridkot district.

What facilities does Kasam Bhatti have?

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