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Where is Budhuwala?

Budhuwala is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029168, and it covers 98 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 207 people in Budhuwala: 101 men and 106 women, living in 32 households, an average of about 6.5 people per household. Spread over its 98 hectares, the population density works out to about 211 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1050 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 20, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 44 people, about 21 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.35 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.42 per cent and women at 82.29 per cent. The census recorded 66 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 63 main workers, the largest group, 33, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 16 other workers in trade, transport and services and 14 agricultural labourers. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Budhuwala's land. Of the village's 98 hectares, 93 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (93 hectares). About 6 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 33 cultivators and 17 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Budhuwala is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Padda, Hothian, Nurpur Januhan and Bhullar.

What is the population of Budhuwala?

The population of Budhuwala was 207 at the 2011 census, living in 32 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Budhuwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Budhuwala has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.