Assa Buttarਅੱਸਾ ਬੁੱਟਰ

Where is Assa Buttar?

Assa Buttar is a village of Gidderbaha tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kot Bhai community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035343, and it covers 877 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,030 people in Assa Buttar: 1,590 men and 1,440 women, living in 565 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 877 hectares, the population density works out to about 345 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 906 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 335, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 950 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.66 per cent and women at 54.04 per cent. The census recorded 1,089 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 1,009 main workers, the largest group, 494, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 290 other workers in trade, transport and services and 186 agricultural labourers. A further 80 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Assa Buttar's land. Of the village's 877 hectares, 775 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (391 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (384 hectares). About 102 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 533 cultivators and 201 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, 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.

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 a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Assa Buttar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Gidderbaha, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Surewala, Bhuttiwala, Kishanpura and Khirkianwala.

What is the population of Assa Buttar?

The population of Assa Buttar was 3,030 at the 2011 census, living in 565 households in Gidderbaha tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Assa Buttar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Assa Buttar has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.