OverView of Bir Bholuwala

Village  Bir Bholuwala.  District/ Teh : Faridkot

Location:

4.5km from Faridkot:

Histroy:

The history of village Bir Bholuwala goes back about 60 years, the land that the village lies on was unused area / jungle.  The land was owned by the Raja of Faridkot: Sardar Barjinder Singh Brar therefore it was named "Bir" & Bholuwala was the next nearby established village therefore for Bir (means jungle)  was named Bir Bholuwala.

Raja of Faridkot: Sardar Barjinder Singh Brar owned a vast amount of land therefore he decided to sell his unused area / jungle which then became Bir Bholuwala. 

The Raja of Faridkot sold the land firstly to:  Sardar Veer Singh Dhillon,  Avatar Singh Brar, Inder Singh Brar, Puran Singh Sandhu & Avatar Singh (Pakha Kallan)

Bir Bholuwala  has a canal running through the middle of the village therefore the village land is in two parts and people live in both parts one part is know has "Wandera Walla Kothe" 

There is small village shop (Hattie) owned by Sham Singh which well known. A Dispensary , School, Gurdwara & Water Filter Pump for public use.

The village is very green and beautiful.

The residents /owners of the "Bir" are from nearby villages who have various surnames some of which are:  Dhillon, Brar, Sandhu, Sran, Wander, Sethi, Alukh, Sekhon.  The population of the village is about 450 to 500 of which the casts are Jatt Sikh and Mujabi Sikh. 

The village has share boundaries with the follwoing villages:  Pakhi Kallan, Pakha Kallan, Pipli, Bholuwala and Faridkot.

In year 2012 the Sarpanch of the village is Tersam Singh Brar.

Politics

The village members are very interested in politics & the senior political leaders are Harjit Singh Bholuwala, Ranjit Singh Bholuwala, Tersam Sing Brar, Raja singh Brar, Chamkaur Singh Sekhon.

Farming

The village has a vast amount of farm land therefore the village is very popular in the area,  the main crops they grow are rice & wheat, their water supply is mainly from the canals that surround the village, the also use motor pumps the farmers of this village have very successful harvests.

General

From the population of the village some families are now living abroad :  Ranjit Singh Sandhu (USA), Charanjit Singh Dhillon (UK), Gurpreet (Gopie) Wander (Canada) and Sarbjeet Singh Sandhu (Dubai)

Business

There are successful business men in the village they main entrepreneur is Ranjit Singh Brar, Chamkaur Singh Brar, Tersam Singh Brar & Baljinder Singh Sandhu, Dr, Surjit Singh Sran, Raja Singh Brar, Papha Singh Brar