Barahਬਰਹ

Where is Barah?

Barah is a village of Budhlada tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Budhlada, about 5 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 036050, and it covers 2,180 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,171 people in Barah: 2,809 men and 2,362 women, living in 1,038 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 2,180 hectares, the population density works out to about 237 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 841 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 535, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,480 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 47.93 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 51.29 per cent and women at 43.91 per cent. The census recorded 2,715 workers, about 53 per cent of the village. Of the 1,964 main workers, the largest group, 962, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 528 other workers in trade, transport and services and 450 agricultural labourers. A further 751 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Barah's land. Of the village's 2,180 hectares, 2,068 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,663 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (405 hectares). About 112 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 1,291 cultivators and 748 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, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Barah is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Budhlada, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Budhlada, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Phuluwala Dogran, Piplian, Karipur and Ahmadpur.

What is the population of Barah?

The population of Barah was 5,171 at the 2011 census, living in 1,038 households in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Barah have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Barah has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.