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Where is Miani Bhagu Purian?

Miani Bhagu Purian 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 3 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 029055, and it covers 380 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,198 people in Miani Bhagu Purian: 1,068 men and 1,130 women, living in 529 households, an average of about 4.2 people per household. Spread over its 380 hectares, the population density works out to about 578 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1058 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 251, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 352 people, about 16 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.04 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.88 per cent and women at 72.4 per cent. The census recorded 622 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 523 main workers, the largest group, 247, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 209 other workers in trade, transport and services and 45 agricultural labourers. A further 99 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Miani Bhagu Purian's land. Of the village's 380 hectares, 376 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (376 hectares). About 4 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 260 cultivators and 60 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 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

Miani Bhagu Purian 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 3 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 Chak Som, Daulowal, Chak Dom and Chak Purana.

What is the population of Miani Bhagu Purian?

The population of Miani Bhagu Purian was 2,198 at the 2011 census, living in 529 households in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Miani Bhagu Purian have?

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