Doburjiਦੋਬੁਰਜੀ

Where is Doburji?

Doburji is a village of Moga tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. 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 034134, and it covers 200 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 411 people in Doburji: 209 men and 202 women, living in 68 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 200 hectares, the population density works out to about 206 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 967 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 52, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 181 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.13 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.43 per cent and women at 61.49 per cent. The census recorded 138 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 137 main workers, the largest group, 63, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 56 agricultural labourers and 16 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Doburji's land. Of the village's 200 hectares, 177 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (104 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (73 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 63 cultivators and 57 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 and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had 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

Doburji is reached by pucca 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. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel.

What is the population of Doburji?

The population of Doburji was 411 at the 2011 census, living in 68 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Doburji have?

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