Bassi Gujjranਬੱਸੀ ਗੁੱਜਰਨ

Where is Bassi Gujjran?

Bassi Gujjran 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 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chamkaur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038834, and it covers 550 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,673 people in Bassi Gujjran: 887 men and 786 women, living in 334 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 550 hectares, the population density works out to about 304 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 886 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 183, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 698 people, about 42 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.73 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.47 per cent and women at 70.81 per cent. The census recorded 762 workers, about 46 per cent of the village. Of the 499 main workers, the largest group, 321, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 136 cultivators on their own land and 24 agricultural labourers. A further 263 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bassi Gujjran's land. Of the village's 550 hectares, 382 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (382 hectares). About 154 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 159 cultivators and 34 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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 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

Bassi Gujjran is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Chamkaur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kiri Afghana, Dhaulran, Khera and Bir Guru.

What is the population of Bassi Gujjran?

The population of Bassi Gujjran was 1,673 at the 2011 census, living in 334 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Bassi Gujjran have?

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