Bharo Mazara | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Punjab#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Punjab, India |
Coordinates: | 31.1606°N 75.993°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: | 1662[1] |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Note: | Sex ratio 881/781 ♂/♀ |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Punjabi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 144504 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 01823 |
Iso Code: | IN-PB |
Blank1 Name Sec2: | Post office |
Blank1 Info Sec2: | Behram[2] |
Bharo Mazara is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from postal head office Behram, 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, Bharo Mazara has a total number of 353 houses and population of 1662of which 881 include are males while 781 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Bharo Mazara is 80.44%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 164 which is 9.87% of total population of Bharo Mazara, and child sex ratio is approximately 1216 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 72.74% of total population in Bharo Mazara. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 641 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Bharo Mazara which includes 482 males and 159 females. According to census survey report 2011, 77.22% workers describe their work as main work and 22.78% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary school founded on 2001.[5] [6] The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[7] 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.
Banga railway station is the nearest train station however, Nawanshahr 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.[8]