# Bhukhri Village, Kharar, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Punjab)

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Village · Kharar, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 

# Bhukhri

Bhukhri is a village in Kharar sub-district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district, Punjab, PIN code **140104**. The 2011 Census counted **886 people in 193 households**, the 68th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.5%.

- 886people (2011)
- 193households
- 74.2%literacy
- 140104PIN code

## Bhukhri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bhukhri is 140104.** Bhukhri falls in Kharar sub-district, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district, Punjab.

- PIN code140104
- Gram panchayatBhukhri
- Community development blockKharar
- Census village code039056

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

## How far is Bhukhri from nearby towns?

- Kharar (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (district HQ)11 km by road
- Kharar (nearest town)4 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 Bhukhri?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Bhukhri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kharar
- ○Degree college10+ km · S.A.S. Nagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · S.A.S. Nagar
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 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 Bhukhri known for?

The main crops are **wheat, rice and maize**. About 100% of the 122 hectares of village land is sown, and 75 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 Bhukhri

Of every 100 households in Bhukhri in 2011, 99 had electricity, 53 a toilet at home and 30 cooked with LPG; 86 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Bhukhri · ■ Kharar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****53%**

**60%

No toilet (open defecation) ****47%**

**39%

Tap water ****75%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**82%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****30%**

**43%

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

**53%

Use banking services ****81%**

**74%

Television ****83%**

**84%

Mobile phone ****86%**

**76%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**55%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**11%

None of these assets ****4%**

**4%

Own their home ****83%**

**93%

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 Bhukhri?

■ Bhukhri · ■ Kharar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**80.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****857**

**877

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**834

Working population ****37.5%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 65.9% for women. 62% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 55 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (2%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 196 (59%) · **■** Marginal 63 (19%)

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 Kharar

- Thana Gobindgarh921 people
- Khera898 people
- Ghandauli893 people
- Malikpur893 people
- Ferozepur Banger879 people
- Labangarh879 people
- Chuhar Majra875 people
- Mehrauli864 people

[All 184 villages in Kharar](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/sahibzada-ajit-singh-nagar/kharar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bhukhri?140104
- How far is Bhukhri from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar?11 km by road
- What is the population of Bhukhri?886 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhukhri in?Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district (Kharar sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Bhukhri?74.2% (Census 2011)