Bhamਭਮ

Where is Bham?

Bham is a village in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Qadian, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Qadian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028530, and it covers 885 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,250 people in Bham: 2,226 men and 2,024 women, living in 716 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 885 hectares, the population density works out to about 480 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 909 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 538, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,184 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.36 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.29 per cent and women at 69.13 per cent. The census recorded 1,400 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 1,189 main workers, the largest group, 531, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 478 cultivators on their own land and 151 agricultural labourers. A further 211 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bham's land. Of the village's 885 hectares, 795 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (347 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (393 hectares). About 90 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 501 cultivators and 216 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 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. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bham is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Qadian, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhamri, Chak Wassan, Dhapai and Waryah.

What is the population of Bham?

The population of Bham was 4,250 at the 2011 census, living in 716 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Bham have?

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