Boparaiਬੋਪਾਰਾਏ

Where is Boparai?

Boparai is a village in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bhulath, about 6 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 029081, and it covers 568 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,001 people in Boparai: 1,021 men and 980 women, living in 424 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 568 hectares, the population density works out to about 352 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 960 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 190, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 575 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.63 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.13 per cent and women at 76.13 per cent. The census recorded 564 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 327 main workers, the largest group, 179, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 127 other workers in trade, transport and services and 18 household industry workers. A further 237 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Boparai's land. Of the village's 568 hectares, 514 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (514 hectares). About 46 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 190 cultivators and 69 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. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Boparai is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhulath, about 6 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 Bajaj, Akala, Fatehpur and Bagrian.

What is the population of Boparai?

The population of Boparai was 2,001 at the 2011 census, living in 424 households in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Boparai have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Boparai 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.