Barasਬਰਸ

Where is Baras?

Baras is a village of Patran tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ghagga, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patran community development block and is served by the Baras, Santpura gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036286, and it covers 1,149 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,457 people in Baras: 1,818 men and 1,639 women, living in 665 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,149 hectares, the population density works out to about 301 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 902 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 412, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 693 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.34 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 64.24 per cent and women at 53.89 per cent. The census recorded 1,127 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 1,046 main workers, the largest group, 532, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 309 other workers in trade, transport and services and 178 agricultural labourers. A further 81 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Baras's land. Of the village's 1,149 hectares, 1,073 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 1,059 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (130 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (929 hectares). About 76 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 536 cultivators and 226 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 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

Baras is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ghagga, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Patran, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhur, Jawalapur Alias Bahman Majra, Daftriwala and Dehdana.

What is the population of Baras?

The population of Baras was 3,457 at the 2011 census, living in 665 households in Patran tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Baras have?

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