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Where is Badesh?

Badesh is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhariwal, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhariwal community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028250, and it covers 122 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 768 people in Badesh: 416 men and 352 women, living in 154 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 122 hectares, the population density works out to about 630 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 846 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 89, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 222 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.61 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.36 per cent and women at 65.92 per cent. The census recorded 277 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 269 main workers, the largest group, 130, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 103 other workers in trade, transport and services and 29 agricultural labourers. A further 8 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Badesh's land. Of the village's 122 hectares, 113 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (9 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (104 hectares). About 9 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 132 cultivators and 30 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. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Badesh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dhariwal, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Gurdaspur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sandhwan, Rania, Kalianpur and Pirdi Sain.

What is the population of Badesh?

The population of Badesh was 768 at the 2011 census, living in 154 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Badesh have?

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