Bahadarpurਬਹਾਦਰਪੁਰ

Where is Bahadarpur?

Bahadarpur is a village of Budhlada tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bareta, about 2 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 036041, and it covers 1,607 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 6,146 people in Bahadarpur: 3,283 men and 2,863 women, living in 1,200 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,607 hectares, the population density works out to about 382 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 872 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 705, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,283 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.69 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 60.81 per cent and women at 49.8 per cent. The census recorded 2,567 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 2,120 main workers, the largest group, 953, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 733 other workers in trade, transport and services and 420 agricultural labourers. A further 447 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bahadarpur's land. Of the village's 1,607 hectares, 1,407 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 1,019 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,000 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (19 hectares). About 200 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 11 hours a day. With 969 cultivators and 465 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bahadarpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bareta, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Budhlada, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kishangarh Urf Sedha Singhewala, Dialpura, Akbarpur Khudal and Sirsiwala.

What is the population of Bahadarpur?

The population of Bahadarpur was 6,146 at the 2011 census, living in 1,200 households in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Bahadarpur have?

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