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Where is Bhai Desa?

Bhai Desa is a village of Mansa tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mansa, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mansa community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036126, and it covers 653 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,533 people in Bhai Desa: 815 men and 718 women, living in 312 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 653 hectares, the population density works out to about 235 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 881 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 172, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 679 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.67 per cent and women at 50.95 per cent. The census recorded 656 workers, about 43 per cent of the village. Of the 465 main workers, the largest group, 182, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 168 agricultural labourers and 103 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 191 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhai Desa's land. Of the village's 653 hectares, 586 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (216 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (370 hectares). About 67 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. The census recorded 185 cultivators and 352 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhai Desa is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mansa, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Mansa, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kotli kalan, Bhaini Bagha, Kalho and Khokhar Kalan.

What is the population of Bhai Desa?

The population of Bhai Desa was 1,533 at the 2011 census, living in 312 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Bhai Desa have?

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