# Burj Harika Village, Jaitu, Faridkot (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Jaitu, Faridkot 

# Burj Harika

Burj Harika is a village in Jaitu sub-district of Faridkot district, Punjab, PIN code **151204**. The 2011 Census counted **2,309 people in 453 households**, the 28th largest of 41 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 2,309people (2011)
- 453households
- 63.2%literacy
- 151204PIN code

## Burj Harika PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Burj Harika is 151204.** Burj Harika falls in Jaitu sub-district, Faridkot district, Punjab.

- PIN code151204
- Gram panchayatBurj Harika
- Community development blockKot Kapura
- Census village code035592

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Burj Harika from nearby towns?

- Jaitu (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Faridkot (district HQ)25 km by road
- Jaitu (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Burj Harika?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Burj Harika; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kotakpura
- ○Degree college10+ km · Faridkot
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Faridkot
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and hand pumps
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 14 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Burj Harika known for?

The main crops are **wheat, cotton and maize**. Products made here include mud utencils. About 91% of the 618 hectares of village land is sown, and 563 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Burj Harika

Of every 100 households in Burj Harika in 2011, 92 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 38 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 38 a two-wheeler and 8 a car.

■ Burj Harika · ■ Jaitu rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**85%

No toilet (open defecation) ****29%**

**15%

Tap water ****39%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**80%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****38%**

**35%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**62%

Use banking services ****55%**

**57%

Television ****69%**

**75%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****38%**

**40%

Car / jeep / van ****8%**

**12%

None of these assets ****6%**

**5%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Burj Harika?

■ Burj Harika · ■ Jaitu rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**900

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**857

Working population ****47.2%**

**35.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 57.1% for women. 63% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 318 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 481 (44%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 77 (7%) · **■** Marginal 197 (18%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Jaitu

- Karirwali2,511 people
- Gondara2,492 people
- Behbal Kalan2,376 people
- Gumti Khurd2,330 people
- Dal Singhwala2,287 people
- Ajit Gill2,286 people
- Ghanian1,991 people
- Romana Albel Singh1,894 people

[All 41 villages in Jaitu](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/faridkot/jaitu/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Burj Harika?151204
- How far is Burj Harika from Faridkot?25 km by road
- What is the population of Burj Harika?2,309 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Burj Harika in?Faridkot district (Jaitu sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Burj Harika?63.2% (Census 2011)
