Bhikiyasain tehsil's a small village in Bhikiyasain, Almora district of Uttarakhand. The village comes under Bhikiyasain development block and has its own Bajan Gram Panchayat. Bajan is listed in the Census with the village code 051647.
The 2011 Census counted 70 households with 256 people residing in Bajan. The village had 104 males and 152 females. There were 26 children aged 0-6 years.
Bajan is not a large settlement, but is bigger than some of the really small villages around Bhikiyasain. It plays an important role within the local rural setting due to its own Gram Panchayat and the linkages it has with the neighbouring villages.
The rural area around Bhikiyasain is made up of several villages, linked together by roads, with the occasional service centre, and spread out across the hills.
The 2011 Census showed a workforce of 143 workers in Bajan. Of these, 141 were classified as main workers, and just two as marginal workers. Of the principal workers, 130 were cultivators. That is a clear indication of the historical employment profile of Bajan, one of its features.
These statistics give us an idea of the situation in the village in 2011, but do not necessarily reflect current occupations. The activities of the farms and the people who work on them may have altered since the Census.
Old statistics do not provide much depth when describing the lifestyle of a village, so information from the residents themselves on farming, livestock, seasonal work and migration is much more useful for a current village profile.
The Bajan is located in Bhikiyasain tehsil and Bhikiyasain development block of Almora district. There is a Gram Panchayat of Bajan village in the village.
The Census village code for the area is 051647. The geographical area reported in census-linked records is around 190.35 hectares or 1.90 square kilometres.
In the village-level records, Bajan has been added at a distance of 17 km from Bhikiyasain and 126 km from the headquarters of Almora district. The nearest statutory town listed for Ranikhet is the same town. This is a handy set of distances for reference only; travel times may vary depending on the route.
The land area of Bajan is approximately 190.35 ha, which is more than some of the smaller villages around it.
The best data on its rural economy are provided by the Census employment data. Of the 130 main workers recorded in 2011, 130 were cultivators.
This indicates that, at that time, the village's economy was recorded and cultivation was the main factor.
But specific crops and practices should not be recommended without proof. The data section might be very useful if Chalopahad were to follow up on residents and find out what they grow (seasonal grains, vegetables, livestock, traditional farming methods, etc.).
Bajan is one of a set of villages in the vicinity of Bhikiyasain. There are several settlements recorded in the surrounding area at the village level and Bajan itself is a Gram Panchayat.
There are various lists of villages and distances in various online sources. So the final Chalopahad page should not use a combination of distances from different and unrelated databases when building the nearby-village section of the page, but rather build it based on map-based proximity.
Building pages for neighbouring villages will make Bajan a valuable part of an internal network of village information.
What's most fascinating about the Bajan records that are available is the role of agriculture.
In the 2011 Census, there were 256 people and 70 households in the village. Meanwhile, 130 out of 141 primary workers were described as "cultivators" of the crop. That helps to give a pretty good idea of the relationship of farming to a village's working life at that time.
The main bits of information that would really enliven the village would be from people who have first-hand experience of it: tales of older people, agricultural practices, festivals, food, temples, migration, schooling and changes experienced over the years.
If such things are added, they should be based on local knowledge or on reliable records. Don't need to describe villages of the Himalayas generically, as though they were all the same.
This will differentiate Chalopahad's village pages from regular directories.
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Information |
Details |
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Village |
Bajan |
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Tehsil |
Bhikiyasain |
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Block |
Bhikiyasain |
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District |
Almora |
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State |
Uttarakhand |
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Gram Panchayat |
Bajan |
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Census Village Code |
051647 |
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Area |
190.35 hectares |
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