Nangal Tolaਨੰਗਲ ਤੋਲਾ

Where is Nangal Tola?

Nangal Tola is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Harsa Chhina community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037382, and it covers 466 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,216 people in Nangal Tola: 1,168 men and 1,048 women, living in 457 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 466 hectares, the population density works out to about 476 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 897 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 264, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 630 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.94 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.44 per cent and women at 52.97 per cent. The census recorded 1,362 workers, about 61 per cent of the village. Of the 1,061 main workers, the largest group, 484, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 346 cultivators on their own land and 117 household industry workers. A further 301 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nangal Tola's land. Of the village's 466 hectares, 416 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (416 hectares). About 50 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 376 cultivators and 153 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Nangal Tola is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Lopoke, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Rudala.

What is the population of Nangal Tola?

The population of Nangal Tola was 2,216 at the 2011 census, living in 457 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Nangal Tola have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nangal Tola has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.