Bhamਭਮ

Where is Bham?

Bham is a village of Malout tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Malout, about 24 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malout community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035262, and it covers 2,008 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,324 people in Bham: 2,292 men and 2,032 women, living in 854 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 2,008 hectares, the population density works out to about 215 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 887 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 439, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,580 people, about 60 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.88 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 59.81 per cent and women at 51.45 per cent. The census recorded 1,789 workers, about 41 per cent of the village. Of the 1,159 main workers, the largest group, 625, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 383 cultivators on their own land and 138 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 630 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bham's land. Of the village's 2,008 hectares, 1,857 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,844 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (13 hectares). About 151 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 403 cultivators and 1,187 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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 mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Bham is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Malout, about 24 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Malout, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Urang, Khunan Kalan, Paniwala Fatta and Lakkarwala.

What is the population of Bham?

The population of Bham was 4,324 at the 2011 census, living in 854 households in Malout tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Bham have?

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