Country India Elevation 254 m (833 ft) PIN 144512 Area code 01884 | State Punjab Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Population 1,523 (2011) Government body Gram panchayat | |
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District Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar | ||
Bhut or Bhoot (Punjabi: ਭੂਤ) is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) away from postal head office Kahma, 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) from Banga, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 101 kilometres (63 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.
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Map of Bhut, Punjab 144512
Demography
As of 2011, Bhut has a total number of 321 houses and population of 1523 of which 774 include are males while 749 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Bhut is 80.03%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 146 which is 9.59% of total population of Bhut, and child sex ratio is approximately 802 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 51.94% of total population in Bhut. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 493 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Bhut which includes 415 males and 78 females. According to census survey report 2011, 76.88% workers describe their work as main work and 23.12% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Education
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school founded in 1953. The schools provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme. 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 36.5 kilometres (22.7 mi) away from the village.
Transport
Banga railway station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 66 kilometres (41 mi) 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 145 kilometres (90 mi) away in Amritsar.