Bouianiਬੋਉਇਆਨੀ

Where is Bouiani?

Bouiani is a village of Payal tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Doraha, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Doraha community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033345, and it covers 571 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,152 people in Bouiani: 1,179 men and 973 women, living in 430 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 571 hectares, the population density works out to about 377 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 825 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 208, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 746 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.33 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.07 per cent and women at 79.23 per cent. The census recorded 923 workers, about 43 per cent of the village. Of the 748 main workers, the largest group, 485, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 165 cultivators on their own land and 76 agricultural labourers. A further 175 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bouiani's land. Of the village's 571 hectares, 468 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (468 hectares). About 103 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. With 182 cultivators and 91 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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

Bouiani is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Doraha, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Payal, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Landha, Balaspur, Bhathal and Jahagir.

What is the population of Bouiani?

The population of Bouiani was 2,152 at the 2011 census, living in 430 households in Payal tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Bouiani have?

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