Pandherਪਂਧੇਰ

Where is Pandher?

Pandher is a village of Barnala tehsil in Barnala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhanaula, about 22 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Barnala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039962, and it covers 998 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,222 people in Pandher: 1,705 men and 1,517 women, living in 622 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 998 hectares, the population density works out to about 323 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 414, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 924 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 52.56 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 54.45 per cent and women at 50.45 per cent. The census recorded 1,107 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 788 main workers, the largest group, 534, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 128 other workers in trade, transport and services and 111 agricultural labourers. A further 319 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 998 hectares, 910 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (434 hectares). About 88 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 550 cultivators and 377 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dhanaula, about 22 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Barnala, the tehsil headquarters, and Barnala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kot Duna, Rajia and Aspal kalan.

What is the population of Pandher?

The population of Pandher was 3,222 at the 2011 census, living in 622 households in Barnala tehsil of Barnala district.

What facilities does Pandher have?

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