ABSTRACT
The Bauria community, according to the Census of India (Punjab), 2001, is widely distributed in a majority of the districts of the Malwa tract of the state viz., Faridkot, Bathinda, Mansa, Moga, Ferozepur, Muktsar, Sangrur, and Ludhiana. They have a total of 102,232 persons, of which 53,336 are males and 48,896 females. In Faridkot district there are certain villages, like Bargari and Dod, where the population of this community is very large. In the Doaba tract there is only one such village, Mansurwal, in Kapurthala district. In the Majha and Doaba tracts this district has the highest Bauria population of 1,070. There is hardly any population in the Majha tract. Amritsar district does not have a single Bauria household. The district of Faridkot has the maximum population of 23,212, while other districts of the Malwa region have low population, with Fatehgarh registering only five Bauria households.
