Turਤੁਰ

Where is Tur?

Tur is a village in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ajnala, about 18 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 037175, and it covers 254 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 896 people in Tur: 469 men and 427 women, living in 141 households, an average of about 6.4 people per household. Spread over its 254 hectares, the population density works out to about 353 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 910 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 150, about 17 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 529 people, about 59 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 48.53 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 60.21 per cent and women at 35.93 per cent. The census recorded 437 workers, about 49 per cent of the village. Of the 259 main workers, the largest group, 129, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 112 agricultural labourers and 13 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 178 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Tur's land. Of the village's 254 hectares, 237 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (237 hectares). About 16 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. The census recorded 153 cultivators and 187 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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

Tur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Ajnala, about 18 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 Burj, Kuttiwala and Bhindi Aulakh Kalan.

What is the population of Tur?

The population of Tur was 896 at the 2011 census, living in 141 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Tur have?

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