Bijlipurਬਿਜਲੀਪੁਰ

Where is Bijlipur?

Bijlipur is a village of Samrala tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Samrala, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Samrala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033114, and it covers 114 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 555 people in Bijlipur: 279 men and 276 women, living in 105 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 114 hectares, the population density works out to about 487 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 989 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 48, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 202 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.05 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.28 per cent and women at 75.7 per cent. The census recorded 190 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 178 main workers, the largest group, 82, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 58 cultivators on their own land and 27 agricultural labourers. A further 12 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bijlipur's land. Of the village's 114 hectares, 103 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (103 hectares). About 11 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 60 cultivators and 28 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. 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 anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Bijlipur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Samrala, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Samrala, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ghulal, Nilon Khurd, Chehlan and Bohapur.

What is the population of Bijlipur?

The population of Bijlipur was 555 at the 2011 census, living in 105 households in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Bijlipur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bijlipur has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.