Pandherਪੰਧੇਰ

Where is Pandher?

Pandher is a village of Majitha tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Majitha, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Majitha community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037427, and it covers 384 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,993 people in Pandher: 1,043 men and 950 women, living in 340 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 384 hectares, the population density works out to about 519 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 266, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 688 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.64 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.48 per cent and women at 57.26 per cent. The census recorded 641 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 615 main workers, the largest group, 260, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 219 agricultural labourers and 126 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 26 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pandher's land. Of the village's 384 hectares, 332 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (74 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (258 hectares). About 52 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 271 cultivators and 229 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Pandher is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Majitha, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Majitha, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Johal, Mehdipur and Kotla Gujjran.

What is the population of Pandher?

The population of Pandher was 1,993 at the 2011 census, living in 340 households in Majitha tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Pandher have?

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