Bhole Keਭੋਲੇ ਕੇ

Where is Bhole Ke?

Bhole Ke is a village of Fatehgarh Churian tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028839, and it covers 271 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,739 people in Bhole Ke: 937 men and 802 women, living in 317 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 271 hectares, the population density works out to about 642 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 856 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 180, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 515 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.14 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.46 per cent and women at 67.27 per cent. The census recorded 647 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 481 main workers, the largest group, 222, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 205 other workers in trade, transport and services and 39 agricultural labourers. A further 166 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhole Ke's land. Of the village's 271 hectares, 262 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (24 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (161 hectares). About 9 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 239 cultivators and 79 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 secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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. 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

Bhole Ke is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Fatehgarh Churian, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Awan, Rupowali, Dogar and Malukwali.

What is the population of Bhole Ke?

The population of Bhole Ke was 1,739 at the 2011 census, living in 317 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Bhole Ke have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bhole Ke has government schools from primary to secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.