Ram Nagar Bhathalਰਾਮ ਨਗਰ ਭਾਥਲ

Where is Ram Nagar Bhathal?

Ram Nagar Bhathal 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 036030, and it covers 513 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,688 people in Ram Nagar Bhathal: 868 men and 820 women, living in 371 households, an average of about 4.5 people per household. Spread over its 513 hectares, the population density works out to about 329 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 945 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 173, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 501 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 52.01 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 54.72 per cent and women at 49.19 per cent. The census recorded 553 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 499 main workers, the largest group, 323, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 121 agricultural labourers and 49 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 54 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ram Nagar Bhathal's land. Of the village's 513 hectares, 466 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 433 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (433 hectares). About 47 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 329 cultivators and 143 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Ram Nagar Bhathal 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 Mal Singhwala, Rampur Mander, Kasampur Chhina and Satike.

What is the population of Ram Nagar Bhathal?

The population of Ram Nagar Bhathal was 1,688 at the 2011 census, living in 371 households in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Ram Nagar Bhathal have?

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