Shah Abu Bukkarਸ਼ਾਹ ਅਬੁ ਬੁੱਕਰ

Where is Shah Abu Bukkar?

Shah Abu Bukkar is a village of Zira tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Zira, about 14 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 034373, and it covers 356 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,160 people in Shah Abu Bukkar: 587 men and 573 women, living in 209 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 356 hectares, the population density works out to about 326 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 976 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 156, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 314 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.12 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.02 per cent and women at 64.02 per cent. The census recorded 422 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 335 main workers, the largest group, 195, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 90 agricultural labourers and 35 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 87 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shah Abu Bukkar's land. Of the village's 356 hectares, 320 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (320 hectares). About 36 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 199 cultivators and 114 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. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Shah Abu Bukkar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Zira, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Baghelwala, Baggi Patni Alias Mohkamwala, Killi Nauabad and Boola.

What is the population of Shah Abu Bukkar?

The population of Shah Abu Bukkar was 1,160 at the 2011 census, living in 209 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Shah Abu Bukkar have?

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