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Where is Bukanwala?

Bukanwala is a village in Moga tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034049, and it covers 640 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,150 people in Bukanwala: 1,112 men and 1,038 women, living in 426 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 640 hectares, the population density works out to about 336 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 933 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 202, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 589 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.92 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.29 per cent and women at 67.27 per cent. The census recorded 668 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 646 main workers, the largest group, 237, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 164 other workers in trade, transport and services and 135 agricultural labourers. A further 22 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bukanwala's land. Of the village's 640 hectares, 591 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (257 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (334 hectares). About 49 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 238 cultivators and 141 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bukanwala is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Moga, about 5 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. Neighbouring villages include Moga Jitsingh, Mothanwali, Dhalleke and Saffuwala.

What is the population of Bukanwala?

The population of Bukanwala was 2,150 at the 2011 census, living in 426 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Bukanwala have?

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