Alampur Bodla (350ਆਲਮਪੁਰ ਬੋਦਲਾ

Where is Alampur Bodla?

Alampur Bodla is a village of Budhlada tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Budhlada, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Budhlada community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036074, and it covers 499 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 939 people in Alampur Bodla: 500 men and 439 women, living in 194 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 499 hectares, the population density works out to about 188 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 878 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 102, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 286 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.32 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.99 per cent and women at 56.89 per cent. The census recorded 301 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 263 main workers, the largest group, 126, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 69 agricultural labourers and 63 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 38 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Alampur Bodla's land. Of the village's 499 hectares, 467 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 430 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (270 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (160 hectares). About 32 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 13 hours a day. With 126 cultivators and 101 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Alampur Bodla is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Budhlada, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Budhlada, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhadra, Kanakwal Chahlan, Guradi and Heron Khurd.

What is the population of Alampur Bodla?

The population of Alampur Bodla was 939 at the 2011 census, living in 194 households in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Alampur Bodla have?

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