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Where is Baharwali?

Baharwali is a village of Zira tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Makhu, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Makhu community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034292, and it covers 200 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 257 people in Baharwali: 143 men and 114 women, living in 49 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 200 hectares, the population density works out to about 129 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 797 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 28, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 39 people, about 15 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.24 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.6 per cent and women at 65.38 per cent. The census recorded 75 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 75 main workers, the largest group, 67, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 8 agricultural labourers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Baharwali's land. Of the village's 200 hectares, 184 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (184 hectares). About 16 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 67 cultivators and 8 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Baharwali is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Makhu, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Zira, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sirhali, Gatta Badshah, Padhri and Ghuram.

What is the population of Baharwali?

The population of Baharwali was 257 at the 2011 census, living in 49 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Baharwali have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Baharwali has government schools from primary to middle school level. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.