Bari Jhallianਬੜੀ ਝੱਲਿਆਂ

Where is Bari Jhallian?

Bari Jhallian is a village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Puadh region, and the 2011 directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rupnagar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038880, and it covers 452 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,797 people in Bari Jhallian: 918 men and 879 women, living in 337 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 452 hectares, the population density works out to about 398 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 958 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 167, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 358 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.53 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.13 per cent and women at 78.79 per cent. The census recorded 630 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 438 main workers, the largest group, 225, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 192 other workers in trade, transport and services and 14 agricultural labourers. A further 192 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bari Jhallian's land. Of the village's 452 hectares, 385 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (385 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 227 cultivators and 108 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 human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. 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

Bari Jhallian is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Chamkaur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Balsanda, Pathreri Jattan, Dugri and Salahpur.

What is the population of Bari Jhallian?

The population of Bari Jhallian was 1,797 at the 2011 census, living in 337 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Bari Jhallian have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bari Jhallian 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.