Beharjachਬੇਹਰਜਚ

Where is Beharjach?

Beharjach is a village in Patran tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Samana, about 32 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patran community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036238, and it covers 595 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,397 people in Beharjach: 1,209 men and 1,188 women, living in 414 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 595 hectares, the population density works out to about 403 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 983 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 339, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 327 people, about 14 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.12 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.42 per cent and women at 61.69 per cent. The census recorded 601 workers, about 25 per cent of the village. Of the 453 main workers, the largest group, 189, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 137 other workers in trade, transport and services and 123 agricultural labourers. A further 148 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Beharjach's land. Of the village's 595 hectares, 544 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (544 hectares). About 51 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 191 cultivators and 189 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. 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Beharjach is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Samana, about 32 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 Gurditpur, Sagra, Arno and Gulzarpur Alias Tharwa.

What is the population of Beharjach?

The population of Beharjach was 2,397 at the 2011 census, living in 414 households in Patran tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Beharjach have?

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