Bharath Qazi Chakਭਰਥ ਕਜ਼ੀ ਚੱਕ

Where is Bharath Qazi Chak?

Bharath Qazi Chak is a village in Dinanagar tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dinanagar, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dinanagar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 027796, and it covers 450 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,441 people in Bharath Qazi Chak: 1,267 men and 1,174 women, living in 491 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 450 hectares, the population density works out to about 542 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 927 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 249, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 943 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.41 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.17 per cent and women at 70.33 per cent. The census recorded 943 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 492 main workers, the largest group, 226, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 210 cultivators on their own land and 49 agricultural labourers. A further 451 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bharath Qazi Chak's land. Of the village's 450 hectares, 410 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (360 hectares). About 40 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. With 222 cultivators and 128 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, one government middle school, one government secondary 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Bharath Qazi Chak is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dinanagar, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Dinanagar, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Doburji, Kaira, Marara and Munnanwali.

What is the population of Bharath Qazi Chak?

The population of Bharath Qazi Chak was 2,441 at the 2011 census, living in 491 households in Dinanagar tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Bharath Qazi Chak have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bharath Qazi Chak 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.