Budha Thehਬੁਧਾ ਠੇਹ

Where is Budha Theh?

Budha Theh is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dhilwan, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029143, and it covers 100 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 477 people in Budha Theh: 246 men and 231 women, living in 91 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 100 hectares, the population density works out to about 476 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 939 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 65, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 155 people, about 32 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.51 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.23 per cent and women at 73.74 per cent. The census recorded 176 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 122 main workers, the largest group, 84, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 37 cultivators on their own land and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 54 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Budha Theh's land. Of the village's 100 hectares, 93 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (93 hectares). About 8 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 38 cultivators and 6 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included an allopathic hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had 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

Budha Theh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dhilwan, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include M ander Bet, Nurpur Jattan, Fattu Chak and Nurpur Lubhana.

What is the population of Budha Theh?

The population of Budha Theh was 477 at the 2011 census, living in 91 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Budha Theh have?

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