Bhadasਭਾਦਸ

Where is Bhadas?

Bhadas is a village in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Begowal, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nadala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029023, and it covers 470 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,222 people in Bhadas: 1,079 men and 1,143 women, living in 511 households, an average of about 4.3 people per household. Spread over its 470 hectares, the population density works out to about 473 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1059 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 221, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 7 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.86 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.04 per cent and women at 71.02 per cent. The census recorded 501 workers, about 23 per cent of the village. Of the 457 main workers, the largest group, 236, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 191 other workers in trade, transport and services and 16 household industry workers. A further 44 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhadas's land. Of the village's 470 hectares, 436 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (436 hectares). About 34 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 243 cultivators and 19 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. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle 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 health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhadas is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Begowal, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bhulath, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bagwanpur, Maqsudpur, Sidhwan Bet and Ibrahimwal Tarf Arshad Khan.

What is the population of Bhadas?

The population of Bhadas was 2,222 at the 2011 census, living in 511 households in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Bhadas have?

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