Bajaj is a village in Bhulath Tehsil in Kapurthala district of

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, India. It is located from

Bhulath Population Bholath is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kapurthala district in the state of Punjab, India. Bholath was town of raja Bharat. Khassan is a village near to Bholath which is approximately 2.4 km. Demographics India census, Bhol ...

, away from the district headquarter

Kapurthala Kapurthala () is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent b ...

. The village is administrated by a

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, who is an

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Demography

According to the report published by

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in 2011, Bajaj has 260 houses with a total population of 1,254 persons, of which 645 are male and 609 females. The

literacy Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

rate of Bajaj is 80.02%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 113, which is 9.01% of the total population. The child sex ratio is approximately 915, higher than the state average of 846.

Population data

As per census 2011, 343 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Bajaj which includes 307 males and 36 females. According to census survey report 2011, 87.46% workers (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) describe their work as main work and 12.54% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than six months.

Caste

Scheduled Castes (SC) constitute 32.93% of the total population; there is no Scheduled Tribe (ST) population.

List of nearby cities

Phagwara Phagwara (; ISO 15919, ISO: ''Phagawāṛā'') is a city and a municipal corporation in the Kapurthala district of Punjab, India, Punjab. It is located from the district headquarters of Kapurthala, from the national capital New Delhi, from St ...

Sultanpur Lodhi Sultanpur Lodhi is a city and a Municipal Council, from Kapurthala city in the Kapurthala district in the Indian state of Punjab. The town is named after its founder, Bahlul Khan Lodi, the future Sultan of Delhi who renamed the town in 1 ...

Air travel connectivity

The closest international airport to the village is

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport is an international airport serving Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is located at Raja Sansi, northwest from the city centre. It is named after Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amrit ...

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Villages in Kapurthala

Villages in Kapurthala district {{Kapurthala-geo-stub