Behak Khasਬੇਹਕ ਖਸ

Where is Behak Khas?

Behak Khas is a village in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Fazilka, about 15 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 035038, and it covers 1,013 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,941 people in Behak Khas: 2,042 men and 1,899 women, living in 803 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 1,013 hectares, the population density works out to about 389 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 930 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 462, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,664 people, about 68 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.49 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.23 per cent and women at 52.16 per cent. The census recorded 2,120 workers, about 54 per cent of the village. Of the 1,495 main workers, the largest group, 788, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 432 other workers in trade, transport and services and 266 cultivators on their own land. A further 625 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Behak Khas's land. Of the village's 1,013 hectares, 900 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (900 hectares). About 113 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 282 cultivators and 906 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through 2 government primary schools, 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. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Behak Khas is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fazilka, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Fazilka, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Theh Kalandar, Saido Ke Uttar Urf Chandmari, Shaman Khanka and Saido Ke Hithar.

What is the population of Behak Khas?

The population of Behak Khas was 3,941 at the 2011 census, living in 803 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Behak Khas have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Behak Khas 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.