Bahonaਬਹੋਨਾ

Where is Bahona?

Bahona is a village in Moga tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-I community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034013, and it covers 534 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,945 people in Bahona: 1,542 men and 1,403 women, living in 553 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 534 hectares, the population density works out to about 551 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 910 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 339, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,298 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.92 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.18 per cent and women at 64.33 per cent. The census recorded 851 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 751 main workers, the largest group, 271, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 240 cultivators on their own land and 183 agricultural labourers. A further 100 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bahona's land. Of the village's 534 hectares, 476 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (263 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 263 cultivators and 198 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 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre and a veterinary hospital. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bahona is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Moga, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mehron, Bughipura, Dhurkot Kalan and Khera Swad.

What is the population of Bahona?

The population of Bahona was 2,945 at the 2011 census, living in 553 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Bahona have?

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