Pandoriਪੰਡੋਰੀ

Where is Pandori?

Pandori is a village of Lopoke tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 28 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chogawan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037201, and it covers 176 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 854 people in Pandori: 434 men and 420 women, living in 113 households, an average of about 7.6 people per household. Spread over its 176 hectares, the population density works out to about 485 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 968 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 120, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 184 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.67 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.7 per cent and women at 62.73 per cent. The census recorded 276 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 273 main workers, the largest group, 191, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 69 agricultural labourers and 9 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pandori's land. Of the village's 176 hectares, 156 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (156 hectares). About 20 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 193 cultivators and 70 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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

Pandori is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 28 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 Makhanpura, Chak Allah Bakash, Gagarmal and Dhariwal.

What is the population of Pandori?

The population of Pandori was 854 at the 2011 census, living in 113 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Pandori have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Pandori has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.