Bazidpurਬਜ਼ਿਡਪੁਰ

Where is Bazidpur?

Bazidpur is a village of Patiala tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Patiala, about 9 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patiala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036573, and it covers 477 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,773 people in Bazidpur: 958 men and 815 women, living in 314 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 477 hectares, the population density works out to about 372 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 851 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 181, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 197 people, about 11 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.02 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.96 per cent and women at 72.2 per cent. The census recorded 585 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 581 main workers, the largest group, 263, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 159 other workers in trade, transport and services and 132 agricultural labourers. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bazidpur's land. Of the village's 477 hectares, 433 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (83 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (350 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 263 cultivators and 132 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Bazidpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Patiala, about 9 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Patiala, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Shahbazpur, Rajgarh, Pasiana and Chuharpur Kalalan.

What is the population of Bazidpur?

The population of Bazidpur was 1,773 at the 2011 census, living in 314 households in Patiala tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Bazidpur have?

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