Gatti Pir Bakhshਗੱਟੀ ਪੀਰ ਬਖ਼ਸ਼

Where is Gatti Pir Bakhsh?

Gatti Pir Bakhsh is a village in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Shahkot, about 19 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Lohian Khas community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029753, and it covers 161 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 315 people in Gatti Pir Bakhsh: 171 men and 144 women, living in 44 households, an average of about 7.2 people per household. Spread over its 161 hectares, the population density works out to about 195 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 842 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 26, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 48 people, about 15 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.43 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.98 per cent and women at 71.21 per cent. The census recorded 190 workers, about 60 per cent of the village. Of the 188 main workers, the largest group, 100, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 87 household industry workers and 1 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 2 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Gatti Pir Bakhsh's land. Of the village's 161 hectares, 155 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (155 hectares). About 7 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 no cultivators of their own land in the village, but 101 agricultural labourers, who work on farms in and around the village.

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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Gatti Pir Bakhsh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Shahkot, about 19 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Shahkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chak Gadaipur, Raipur, Jakopur Kalan and Kakar Kalan (245).

What is the population of Gatti Pir Bakhsh?

The population of Gatti Pir Bakhsh was 315 at the 2011 census, living in 44 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Gatti Pir Bakhsh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Gatti Pir Bakhsh has a government primary school. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.