Khawaja Bainsਖਵਜਾ ਬੈਂਸ

Where is Khawaja Bains?

Khawaja Bains is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 14 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 028510, and it covers 315 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 251 people in Khawaja Bains: 155 men and 96 women, living in 45 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 315 hectares, the population density works out to about 80 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 619 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 31, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 21 people, about 8 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 49.55 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 56.39 per cent and women at 39.08 per cent. The census recorded 81 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 11 main workers, the largest group, 8, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 3 cultivators on their own land. A further 70 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Khawaja Bains's land. Of the village's 315 hectares, 220 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (220 hectares). About 95 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 34 cultivators and 26 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres. The village also had an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had 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

Khawaja Bains is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Hargobindpur, about 14 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 Zahidpur, Kiri Afgana, Kathana and Bhait.

What is the population of Khawaja Bains?

The population of Khawaja Bains was 251 at the 2011 census, living in 45 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Khawaja Bains have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Khawaja Bains has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.