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Where is Bhule Chak?

Bhule Chak is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Gurdaspur community development block and is served by the Bhuli Chak gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028263, and it covers 242 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,811 people in Bhule Chak: 1,451 men and 1,360 women, living in 552 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 242 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,162 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 937 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 313, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 195 people, about 7 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.3 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.06 per cent and women at 71.18 per cent. The census recorded 820 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 628 main workers, the largest group, 409, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 157 cultivators on their own land and 35 household industry workers. A further 192 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhule Chak's land. Of the village's 242 hectares, 195 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (194 hectares). About 45 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 170 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 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Bhule Chak is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 4 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 Pandher, Ghot Pokhar and Babehali.

What is the population of Bhule Chak?

The population of Bhule Chak was 2,811 at the 2011 census, living in 552 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Bhule Chak have?

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