Bhabra Azam Shahwalaਭਬਰਾ ਅਜ਼ਮ ਸ਼ਾਹਵਾਲਾ

Where is Bhabra Azam Shahwala?

Bhabra Azam Shahwala is a village of Firozpur tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Firozpur, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Firozpur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034650, and it covers 987 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,267 people in Bhabra Azam Shahwala: 1,186 men and 1,081 women, living in 430 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 987 hectares, the population density works out to about 230 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 266, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 983 people, about 43 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.12 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.16 per cent and women at 55.51 per cent. The census recorded 700 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 613 main workers, the largest group, 287, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 172 other workers in trade, transport and services and 149 agricultural labourers. A further 87 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhabra Azam Shahwala's land. Of the village's 987 hectares, 882 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (269 hectares). About 104 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 204 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhabra Azam Shahwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Firozpur, about 12 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 Nasira Khilchi, Saide Ke Rohela, Chak Roranwala and Gamewala.

What is the population of Bhabra Azam Shahwala?

The population of Bhabra Azam Shahwala was 2,267 at the 2011 census, living in 430 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Bhabra Azam Shahwala have?

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