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Where is Bhaini Paswal?

Bhaini Paswal is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 19 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kahnuwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028372, and it covers 821 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,198 people in Bhaini Paswal: 1,164 men and 1,034 women, living in 429 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 821 hectares, the population density works out to about 268 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 888 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 202, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 62 people, about 3 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.21 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.09 per cent and women at 75.72 per cent. The census recorded 703 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 631 main workers, the largest group, 269, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 221 other workers in trade, transport and services and 135 agricultural labourers. A further 72 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhaini Paswal's land. Of the village's 821 hectares, 530 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (530 hectares). About 59 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 279 cultivators and 145 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. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhaini Paswal is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 19 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Bhaini Millwan, Bhaini Kanian, Bhaini Milwan and Gunopur.

What is the population of Bhaini Paswal?

The population of Bhaini Paswal was 2,198 at the 2011 census, living in 429 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Bhaini Paswal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Bhaini Paswal has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.