Bazidpurਬਜ਼ਿਡਪੁਰ

Where is Bazidpur?

Bazidpur is a village of Firozpur tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Firozpur, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ghall Khurd community development block and is served by the Wazidpur gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034518, and it covers 1,430 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,072 people in Bazidpur: 2,641 men and 2,431 women, living in 927 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 1,430 hectares, the population density works out to about 355 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 920 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 583, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,533 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.69 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.45 per cent and women at 66.5 per cent. The census recorded 1,871 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 1,125 main workers, the largest group, 479, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 328 cultivators on their own land and 213 agricultural labourers. A further 746 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bazidpur's land. Of the village's 1,430 hectares, 1,242 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (649 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (594 hectares). About 188 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 368 cultivators and 411 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bazidpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Firozpur, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Firozpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Malwal, Nurpur (Firozpur), Jaimalwala Alias Piareana and Jhok Harihar.

What is the population of Bazidpur?

The population of Bazidpur was 5,072 at the 2011 census, living in 927 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Bazidpur have?

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