Bhagha Puranaਭਘਾ ਪੁਰਾਣਾ

Where is Bhagha Purana?

Bhagha Purana is a village of Bagha Purana tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Baghapurana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033939, and it covers 2,361 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,707 people in Bhagha Purana: 1,421 men and 1,286 women, living in 523 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 2,361 hectares, the population density works out to about 115 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 905 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 314, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,277 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.79 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.84 per cent and women at 66.28 per cent. The census recorded 647 workers, about 24 per cent of the village. Of the 625 main workers, the largest group, 231, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 183 cultivators on their own land and 182 agricultural labourers. A further 22 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhagha Purana's land. Of the village's 2,361 hectares, 2,094 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (165 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (1,929 hectares). About 267 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 185 cultivators and 192 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and an ASHA health worker.

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. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhagha Purana is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bagha Purana, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bagha Purana, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kaleke, Budh Singhwala (Bagha Purana), Gholia Kalan and Nathuke.

What is the population of Bhagha Purana?

The population of Bhagha Purana was 2,707 at the 2011 census, living in 523 households in Bagha Purana tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Bhagha Purana have?

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