Baqarwalaਬਕਰਵਾਲਾ

Where is Baqarwala?

Baqarwala is a village in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034149, and it covers 273 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 862 people in Baqarwala: 461 men and 401 women, living in 147 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 273 hectares, the population density works out to about 316 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 870 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 108, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 234 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.09 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.5 per cent and women at 66 per cent. The census recorded 273 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 198 main workers, the largest group, 187, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 8 other workers in trade, transport and services and 3 household industry workers. A further 75 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Baqarwala's land. Of the village's 273 hectares, 251 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (251 hectares). About 22 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 192 cultivators and 59 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was five to ten kilometres away. 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. 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

Baqarwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dharamkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhoepur and Aminwala.

What is the population of Baqarwala?

The population of Baqarwala was 862 at the 2011 census, living in 147 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Baqarwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Baqarwala has an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.