Bula Rai Hitharਬੁਲਾ ਰਾਏ ਹਿਠਾੜ

Where is Bula Rai Hithar?

Bula Rai Hithar is a village of Guru Harsahai tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Guru Har Sahai community development block and is served by the Bula Rai Hittar gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034820, and it covers 263 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 619 people in Bula Rai Hithar: 317 men and 302 women, living in 120 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 263 hectares, the population density works out to about 235 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 953 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 71, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 578 people, about 93 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.93 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.55 per cent and women at 47.04 per cent. The census recorded 287 workers, about 46 per cent of the village. Of the 89 main workers, the largest group, 45, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 41 cultivators on their own land and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 198 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bula Rai Hithar's land. Of the village's 263 hectares, 243 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (243 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 64 cultivators and 154 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

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

Bula Rai Hithar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Guru Harsahai, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bula Rai Uttar, Megha Panjgrain Hithar and Chhanga Rai Uttar.

What is the population of Bula Rai Hithar?

The population of Bula Rai Hithar was 619 at the 2011 census, living in 120 households in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Bula Rai Hithar have?

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