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Where is Barkandi?

Barkandi is a village of Muktsar tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Muktsar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035397, and it covers 821 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,750 people in Barkandi: 1,482 men and 1,268 women, living in 510 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 821 hectares, the population density works out to about 335 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 856 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 380, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,767 people, about 64 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.2 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.5 per cent and women at 50.09 per cent. The census recorded 1,182 workers, about 43 per cent of the village. Of the 893 main workers, the largest group, 474, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 245 cultivators on their own land and 160 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 289 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Barkandi's land. Of the village's 821 hectares, 763 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (763 hectares). About 58 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 260 cultivators and 713 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Barkandi is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Muktsar, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhullar, Muktsar Rural, Rupana and Bir Sarkar.

What is the population of Barkandi?

The population of Barkandi was 2,750 at the 2011 census, living in 510 households in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Barkandi have?

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