Chak Alahi Bakhashਚੱਕ ਅਲਹੀ ਬਖਸ਼

Where is Chak Alahi Bakhash?

Chak Alahi Bakhash is a village of Nawanshahr tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nawansahar, about 21 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nawanshahr community development block and is served by the Chak Alhi Bakhash gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032338, and it covers 149 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 459 people in Chak Alahi Bakhash: 240 men and 219 women, living in 94 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 149 hectares, the population density works out to about 308 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 912 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 65, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 275 people, about 60 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 86.8 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 93.6 per cent and women at 79.58 per cent. The census recorded 149 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 118 main workers, the largest group, 76, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 29 other workers in trade, transport and services and 12 agricultural labourers. A further 31 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Alahi Bakhash's land. Of the village's 149 hectares, 85 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (85 hectares). About 64 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. With 78 cultivators and 14 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 14 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Alahi Bakhash is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Nawansahar, about 21 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 Alowal, Malakpur, Tajowal and Janian.

What is the population of Chak Alahi Bakhash?

The population of Chak Alahi Bakhash was 459 at the 2011 census, living in 94 households in Nawanshahr tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Chak Alahi Bakhash have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chak Alahi Bakhash has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.