Badlaਬਡਲਾ

Where is Badla?

Badla is a village in Amargarh tehsil of Malerkotla district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Malerkotla, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malerkotla-I community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039510, and it covers 410 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,164 people in Badla: 612 men and 552 women, living in 244 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 410 hectares, the population density works out to about 284 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 902 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 91, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 420 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.07 per cent and women at 70.31 per cent. The census recorded 336 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 203 main workers, the largest group, 101, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 94 other workers in trade, transport and services and 8 agricultural labourers. A further 133 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Badla's land. Of the village's 410 hectares, 363 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (363 hectares). About 47 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 103 cultivators and 91 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. 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

Badla is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Malerkotla, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Amargarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Malerkotla town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Salar, Bathan, Gowara and Chaproda.

What is the population of Badla?

The population of Badla was 1,164 at the 2011 census, living in 244 households in Amargarh tehsil of Malerkotla district.

What facilities does Badla have?

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