Waryam Nangalਵਰਯਮ ਨੰਗਲ

Where is Waryam Nangal?

Waryam Nangal is a village in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Majitha, about 5 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 037496, and it covers 459 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,915 people in Waryam Nangal: 1,013 men and 902 women, living in 355 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 459 hectares, the population density works out to about 417 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 234, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 539 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.95 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.41 per cent and women at 75 per cent. The census recorded 678 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 573 main workers, the largest group, 355, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 125 cultivators on their own land and 87 agricultural labourers. A further 105 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Waryam Nangal's land. Of the village's 459 hectares, 362 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (203 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (159 hectares). About 97 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 134 cultivators and 132 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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 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 human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Waryam Nangal is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Majitha, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Amritsar I, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Maan.

What is the population of Waryam Nangal?

The population of Waryam Nangal was 1,915 at the 2011 census, living in 355 households in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Waryam Nangal have?

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