Bohapurਬੋਹਾਪੁਰ

Where is Bohapur?

Bohapur is a village of Samrala tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Samrala, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Machhiwara community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033116, and it covers 174 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 735 people in Bohapur: 377 men and 358 women, living in 140 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 174 hectares, the population density works out to about 422 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 950 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 81, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 446 people, about 61 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.02 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.12 per cent and women at 65.85 per cent. The census recorded 196 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 189 main workers, the largest group, 159, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 18 cultivators on their own land and 12 agricultural labourers. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bohapur's land. Of the village's 174 hectares, 165 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (165 hectares). About 9 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 18 cultivators and 13 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 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bohapur is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Samrala, about 10 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 Nilon Khurd, Kubba, Bijlipur and Madudan.

What is the population of Bohapur?

The population of Bohapur was 735 at the 2011 census, living in 140 households in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Bohapur have?

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