Bahmniwalaਬਹਮਨੀਵਾਲਾ

Where is Bahmniwala?

Bahmniwala is a village of Patti tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Patti, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patti community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038213, and it covers 391 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,116 people in Bahmniwala: 1,130 men and 986 women, living in 396 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 391 hectares, the population density works out to about 542 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 873 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 245, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 762 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.31 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.19 per cent and women at 59.43 per cent. The census recorded 768 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 561 main workers, the largest group, 239, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 202 cultivators on their own land and 87 agricultural labourers. A further 207 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bahmniwala's land. Of the village's 391 hectares, 349 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (349 hectares). About 42 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 229 cultivators and 160 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 and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bahmniwala is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Patti, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Patti, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kulla, Jamalpur, Patti (Rural) and Uboke.

What is the population of Bahmniwala?

The population of Bahmniwala was 2,116 at the 2011 census, living in 396 households in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Bahmniwala have?

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