Machhi Bugraਮਛੀ ਬੁਗਰਾ

Where is Machhi Bugra?

Machhi Bugra is a village of Firozpur tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mudki, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ghall Khurd community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034460, and it covers 408 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,365 people in Machhi Bugra: 705 men and 660 women, living in 257 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 408 hectares, the population density works out to about 335 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 936 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 170, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 580 people, about 42 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.04 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.12 per cent and women at 62.5 per cent. The census recorded 484 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 227 main workers, the largest group, 113, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 95 other workers in trade, transport and services and 11 household industry workers. A further 257 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Machhi Bugra's land. Of the village's 408 hectares, 362 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (46 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (316 hectares). About 46 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 139 cultivators and 81 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 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.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Machhi Bugra is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mudki, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Firozpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jawahar Singhwala, Jhanjian, Bholluwala and Sulhani.

What is the population of Machhi Bugra?

The population of Machhi Bugra was 1,365 at the 2011 census, living in 257 households in Firozpur tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Machhi Bugra have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Machhi Bugra 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.