Mahi Nangalਮਹੀ ਨਂਗਲ

Where is Mahi Nangal?

Mahi Nangal is a village of Talwandi Sabo tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Talwandi Sabo, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Talwandi Sabo community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035863, and it covers 1,081 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,827 people in Mahi Nangal: 1,511 men and 1,316 women, living in 558 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 1,081 hectares, the population density works out to about 262 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 871 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 294, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 617 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.1 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.61 per cent and women at 51.61 per cent. The census recorded 1,195 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 1,177 main workers, the largest group, 795, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 261 agricultural labourers and 112 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 18 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mahi Nangal's land. Of the village's 1,081 hectares, 997 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (997 hectares). About 84 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 797 cultivators and 269 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mahi Nangal is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Talwandi Sabo, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Talwandi Sabo, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Leleana, Jeon Singhwala, Bangi Ruldu and Chathewala.

What is the population of Mahi Nangal?

The population of Mahi Nangal was 2,827 at the 2011 census, living in 558 households in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Mahi Nangal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mahi 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.