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Where is Beh Dulo?

Beh Dulo is a village of Mukerian tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Talwara, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Talwara community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031294, and it covers 197 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 715 people in Beh Dulo: 366 men and 349 women, living in 153 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 197 hectares, the population density works out to about 363 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 954 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 83, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 135 people, about 19 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 85.6 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 90.18 per cent and women at 80.72 per cent. The census recorded 204 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 193 main workers, the largest group, 175, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 9 household industry workers and 5 agricultural labourers. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Beh Dulo's land. Of the village's 197 hectares, 75 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (75 hectares). About 40 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. With 6 cultivators and 5 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Beh Dulo is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Talwara, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Mukerian, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nathuwal, Beh Bidhia, Beh Kito and Beh Fattu.

What is the population of Beh Dulo?

The population of Beh Dulo was 715 at the 2011 census, living in 153 households in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Beh Dulo have?

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