Ahal Bodlaਅਹਲ ਬੋਡਲਾ

Where is Ahal Bodla?

Ahal Bodla is a village of Fazilka tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Fazilka, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fazilka community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035013, and it covers 607 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,445 people in Ahal Bodla: 724 men and 721 women, living in 264 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 607 hectares, the population density works out to about 238 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 996 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 159, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 526 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 67.75 per cent and women at 60.53 per cent. The census recorded 689 workers, about 48 per cent of the village. Of the 671 main workers, the largest group, 294, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 277 agricultural labourers and 98 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 18 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ahal Bodla's land. Of the village's 607 hectares, 548 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (274 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (274 hectares). About 57 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 296 cultivators and 292 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 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. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Ahal Bodla is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fazilka, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Kirianwala, Hauj Alias Gander, Taro Bari and Haujkhas.

What is the population of Ahal Bodla?

The population of Ahal Bodla was 1,445 at the 2011 census, living in 264 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Ahal Bodla have?

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