Bhogiaਭੋਗਿਆ

Where is Bhogia?

Bhogia is a village in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dasua, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dasua community development block and is served by the Kheper gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030763, and it covers 122 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 144 people in Bhogia: 66 men and 78 women, living in 29 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 122 hectares, the population density works out to about 118 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1182 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 23, about 16 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 36 people, about 25 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.69 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.97 per cent and women at 73.33 per cent. The census recorded 48 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 48 main workers, the largest group, 48, were cultivators on their own land.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhogia's land. Of the village's 122 hectares, 110 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (110 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 48 cultivators and 0 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. 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

Bhogia is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dasua, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dasua, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ludhiani, Khepar, Mangat and Budhu Barkat.

What is the population of Bhogia?

The population of Bhogia was 144 at the 2011 census, living in 29 households in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Bhogia have?

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