Baghe Ke Hitharਬਘੇ ਕੇ ਹਿਥਰ

Where is Baghe Ke Hithar?

Baghe Ke Hithar is a village in Jalalabad tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Jalalabad, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalalabad community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034911, and it covers 306 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,766 people in Baghe Ke Hithar: 911 men and 855 women, living in 323 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 306 hectares, the population density works out to about 576 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 939 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 212, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,558 people, about 88 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.77 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.24 per cent and women at 55.03 per cent. The census recorded 712 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 411 main workers, the largest group, 175, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 168 other workers in trade, transport and services and 67 agricultural labourers. A further 301 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Baghe Ke Hithar's land. Of the village's 306 hectares, 289 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (101 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (188 hectares). About 17 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 247 cultivators and 228 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, 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Baghe Ke Hithar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Jalalabad, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jalalabad, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Baghe Ke Uttar, Alam Ke, Chak Sukar and Santokh Singhwala.

What is the population of Baghe Ke Hithar?

The population of Baghe Ke Hithar was 1,766 at the 2011 census, living in 323 households in Jalalabad tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Baghe Ke Hithar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Baghe Ke Hithar 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.