Behk Gujranਬੇਹਕ ਗੁਜਰਨ

Where is Behk Gujran?

Behk Gujran is a village in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Zira, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Zira community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034365, and it covers 1,097 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,248 people in Behk Gujran: 1,659 men and 1,589 women, living in 573 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 1,097 hectares, the population density works out to about 296 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 958 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 411, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,301 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.25 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.37 per cent and women at 56.06 per cent. The census recorded 1,481 workers, about 46 per cent of the village. Of the 972 main workers, the largest group, 490, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 393 agricultural labourers and 80 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 509 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Behk Gujran's land. Of the village's 1,097 hectares, 1,002 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,002 hectares). About 95 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 585 cultivators and 624 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 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 dispensary. The village had a sub post office. It also had 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Behk Gujran is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Zira, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Zira, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhandian, Roshan Shahwala, Chabba and Machhian.

What is the population of Behk Gujran?

The population of Behk Gujran was 3,248 at the 2011 census, living in 573 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Behk Gujran have?

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