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Where is Barahamke?

Barahamke is a village of Moga tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034158, and it covers 402 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,137 people in Barahamke: 583 men and 554 women, living in 212 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 402 hectares, the population density works out to about 283 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 950 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 134, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 155 people, about 14 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.28 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.75 per cent and women at 65.51 per cent. The census recorded 505 workers, about 44 per cent of the village. Of the 391 main workers, the largest group, 179, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 138 other workers in trade, transport and services and 65 agricultural labourers. A further 114 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Barahamke's land. Of the village's 402 hectares, 332 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (207 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (125 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 183 cultivators and 78 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Barahamke is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel.

What is the population of Barahamke?

The population of Barahamke was 1,137 at the 2011 census, living in 212 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Barahamke have?

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