Bhari Panechanਭਰੀ ਪਨੇਚਨ

Where is Bhari Panechan?

Bhari Panechan is a village in Nabha tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bhadson, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nabha community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036446, and it covers 551 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,531 people in Bhari Panechan: 793 men and 738 women, living in 287 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 551 hectares, the population density works out to about 278 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 931 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 126, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 312 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.08 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.38 per cent and women at 72.5 per cent. The census recorded 576 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 489 main workers, the largest group, 275, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 132 other workers in trade, transport and services and 74 agricultural labourers. A further 87 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhari Panechan's land. Of the village's 551 hectares, 497 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (9 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (488 hectares). About 54 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 276 cultivators and 80 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 a sub 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhari Panechan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Bhadson, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Nabha, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chahal, Khizerpur, Ramgarh and Shamaspur.

What is the population of Bhari Panechan?

The population of Bhari Panechan was 1,531 at the 2011 census, living in 287 households in Nabha tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Bhari Panechan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bhari Panechan 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.