Burj Tehal Dassਬੁਰਜ ਤੇਹਲ ਦੱਸ

Where is Burj Tehal Dass?

Burj Tehal Dass is a village of Nawanshahr tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nawansahar, about 18 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Aur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032222, and it covers 530 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 903 people in Burj Tehal Dass: 457 men and 446 women, living in 158 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 530 hectares, the population density works out to about 170 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 976 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 108, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 481 people, about 53 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.97 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.15 per cent and women at 72.68 per cent. The census recorded 245 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 213 main workers, the largest group, 131, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 79 cultivators on their own land and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 32 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Burj Tehal Dass's land. Of the village's 530 hectares, 488 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (488 hectares). About 42 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 80 cultivators and 5 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Burj Tehal Dass is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Nawansahar, about 18 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Nawanshahr, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Pandrawal, Begowal, Nangal Jattan and Phambra.

What is the population of Burj Tehal Dass?

The population of Burj Tehal Dass was 903 at the 2011 census, living in 158 households in Nawanshahr tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Burj Tehal Dass have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Burj Tehal Dass has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.