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Where is Fafre Bhaike?

Fafre Bhaike is a village in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Mansa, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhikhi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036090, and it covers 1,639 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,645 people in Fafre Bhaike: 2,473 men and 2,172 women, living in 942 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 1,639 hectares, the population density works out to about 283 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 878 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 532, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,655 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.29 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.55 per cent and women at 55.36 per cent. The census recorded 1,597 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 1,273 main workers, the largest group, 573, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 330 other workers in trade, transport and services and 321 agricultural labourers. A further 324 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Fafre Bhaike's land. Of the village's 1,639 hectares, 1,639 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,454 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (180 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 13 hours a day. With 596 cultivators and 459 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. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, an allopathic hospital, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Fafre Bhaike is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mansa, about 4 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 Bapiana, Khilian, Kot Lallu and Chakerian.

What is the population of Fafre Bhaike?

The population of Fafre Bhaike was 4,645 at the 2011 census, living in 942 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Fafre Bhaike have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Fafre Bhaike has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.