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Where is Bhulan?

Bhulan is a village of Moonak tehsil in Sangrur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Khanna, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Andana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039945, and it covers 1,093 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,195 people in Bhulan: 2,189 men and 2,006 women, living in 677 households, an average of about 6.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,093 hectares, the population density works out to about 384 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 916 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 542, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 685 people, about 16 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.56 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.87 per cent and women at 54.4 per cent. The census recorded 1,446 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 1,080 main workers, the largest group, 605, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 401 other workers in trade, transport and services and 63 agricultural labourers. A further 366 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bhulan's land. Of the village's 1,093 hectares, 993 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (993 hectares). About 100 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 827 cultivators and 144 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, 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 and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bhulan is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Khanna, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Moonak, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala, Ramgarh Gujran, Gobindgarh Alias Mahan Singhwala and Makorad.

What is the population of Bhulan?

The population of Bhulan was 4,195 at the 2011 census, living in 677 households in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Bhulan have?

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