Buh, Kapurthala

Buh
Village
Buh Buh Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates: 31°10′46″N 74°54′12″E / 31.179574°N 74.903339°ECoordinates: 31°10′46″N 74°54′12″E / 31.179574°N 74.903339°E
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Kapurthala
Government
• Type	Panchayati raj (India)
• Body	Gram panchayat
Population (2011)
• Total	1,526
	Sex ratio 784/742♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
• Other spoken	Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	144601
Telephone code	01822
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB-09
Website	kapurthala.gov.in

Buh is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Kapurthala , which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Buh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch, an elected representative of the village.^[1]

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Buh has a total number of 281 houses and population of 1,526 of which include 784 males and 742 females. Literacy rate of Buh is 72.13%, lower than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 191 which is 12.52% of total population of Buh, and child sex ratio is approximately 736, lower than state average of 846.^[2]

Population data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	281	-	-
Population	1,526	784	742
Child (0-6)	191	110	81
Schedule Caste	882	449	433
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	72.13 %	77.15 %	67.02 %
Total Workers	514	462	52
Main Worker	505	0	0
Marginal Worker	9	5	4

Villages in Kapurthala

External links

• Villages in Kapurthala

References

1. "About the village". onefivenine.com.
2. "Buh". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 12 July 2016.