Bhawanipurਭਵਨੀਪੁਰ

Where is Bhawanipur?

Bhawanipur is a village of Garhshankar tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Garhshankar, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Garhshankar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032025, and it covers 554 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,431 people in Bhawanipur: 1,270 men and 1,161 women, living in 488 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 554 hectares, the population density works out to about 439 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 914 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 252, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 279 people, about 11 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.3 per cent and women at 70.09 per cent. The census recorded 987 workers, about 41 per cent of the village. Of the 487 main workers, the largest group, 284, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 86 agricultural labourers and 59 household industry workers. A further 500 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhawanipur's land. Of the village's 554 hectares, 261 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (261 hectares). About 169 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 75 cultivators and 95 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhawanipur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Garhshankar, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Garhshankar, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Achalpur, Rattanpur, Nainwan and Malkowal.

What is the population of Bhawanipur?

The population of Bhawanipur was 2,431 at the 2011 census, living in 488 households in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Bhawanipur have?

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