Birmiਬਿਰਮੀ

Where is Birmi?

Birmi is a village of Ludhiana West tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ludhiana, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ludhiana-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033650, and it covers 761 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,952 people in Birmi: 1,003 men and 949 women, living in 367 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 761 hectares, the population density works out to about 257 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 946 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 258, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,400 people, about 72 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.33 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.13 per cent and women at 73.36 per cent. The census recorded 576 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 506 main workers, the largest group, 193, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 137 cultivators on their own land and 111 agricultural labourers. A further 70 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Birmi's land. Of the village's 761 hectares, 558 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (5 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (553 hectares). About 188 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 137 cultivators and 120 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Birmi is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ludhiana, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ludhiana West, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Malakpur, Basaimi, Jainpur and Phagla.

What is the population of Birmi?

The population of Birmi was 1,952 at the 2011 census, living in 367 households in Ludhiana West tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Birmi have?

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