| Bains | |
| Native Name Lang: | pan |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
| Coordinates: | 31.1705°N 76.0556°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Punjab |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government Type: | Panchayat raj |
| Governing Body: | Gram panchayat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Elevation M: | 254 |
| Population Total: | 2064[1] |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Note: | Sex ratio 1058/1006 ♂/♀ |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 144508 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
| Area Code: | 01884 |
| Iso Code: | IN-PB |
| Blank1 Name Sec2: | Post office |
| Blank1 Info Sec2: | Naura[2] |
Bains is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from postal head office Naura, from Banga, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
As of 2011, Bains has a total number of 438 houses and population of 2064 of which 1058 include are males while 1006 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Bains is 75.81%, lower than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 204 which is 9.88% of total population of Bains, and child sex ratio is approximately 821 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 637 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Bains which includes 566 males and 71 females. According to census survey report 2011, 58.40% workers describe their work as main work and 41.60% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[5]
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary school founded in 1975.[6] [7] The schools provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[8] The school provide 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.
Baliyana Mandir, Maheshiyana Mandir and Baba Mangal Das Mandir are religious sites in the village.
Kariha railway station is the nearest train station however, Phagwara 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.[9]