Bharpur Garhਭਰਪੁਰ ਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Bharpur Garh?

Bharpur Garh is a village of Amloh tehsil in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Amloh, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Amloh community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032831, and it covers 461 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,221 people in Bharpur Garh: 650 men and 571 women, living in 239 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 461 hectares, the population density works out to about 265 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 878 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 124, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 617 people, about 51 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.91 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.53 per cent and women at 66.22 per cent. The census recorded 371 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 334 main workers, the largest group, 157, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 121 other workers in trade, transport and services and 50 agricultural labourers. A further 37 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bharpur Garh's land. Of the village's 461 hectares, 424 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (424 hectares). About 37 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 157 cultivators and 87 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bharpur Garh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Amloh, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Amloh, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kapurgarh, Rurki, Raipur Chobdaran and Shergarh.

What is the population of Bharpur Garh?

The population of Bharpur Garh was 1,221 at the 2011 census, living in 239 households in Amloh tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Bharpur Garh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bharpur Garh 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.