Bhaura is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. The village is administrated by a sarpanch, or an elected representative of the village. Mr. Ranjit Kumar is the current head of the village.
Demography As of 2011, Bhaura has a total number of 385 houses and a population of 1778, including 894 males and 884 females according to the 2011 Indian census. The literacy rate of Bhaura is 82.11%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 157 which is 8.83% of the total population of Bhaura, and the child sex ratio is approximately 915 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 41.96% of total population in Bhaura. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 594 people, including 502 males and 92 females, were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Bhaura which includes. According to the same census, 89.73% workers describe their work as main work and 10.27% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Education The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary school. The school provides mid-day meals as per the Indian Midday Meal Scheme. The school provides free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 as per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.
Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur and Sikh National College Banga are the nearest colleges. Lovely Professional University is away from the village.
Transport Banga railway station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is away in Amritsar.
See also List of villages in India
References
External links Tourism of Punjab Census of Punjab Locality Based PINCode