Bula Rai Uttarਬੁਲਾ ਰਾਏ ਉੱਤਰ

Where is Bula Rai Uttar?

Bula Rai Uttar is a village in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Guru Har Sahai community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034819, and it covers 279 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,067 people in Bula Rai Uttar: 571 men and 496 women, living in 196 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 279 hectares, the population density works out to about 382 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 869 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 115, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,056 people, about 99 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.39 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.84 per cent and women at 46.86 per cent. The census recorded 581 workers, about 54 per cent of the village. Of the 381 main workers, the largest group, 187, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 136 cultivators on their own land and 58 agricultural labourers. A further 200 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bula Rai Uttar's land. Of the village's 279 hectares, 263 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (263 hectares). About 16 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 145 cultivators and 71 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bula Rai Uttar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 10 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 Chhanga Rai Uttar, Bula Rai Hithar, Nunari Khokhar and Megha Panjgrain Hithar.

What is the population of Bula Rai Uttar?

The population of Bula Rai Uttar was 1,067 at the 2011 census, living in 196 households in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Bula Rai Uttar have?

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