Nanglaਨਂਗਲਾ

Where is Nangla?

Nangla is a village in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Talwandi Sabo, about 12 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 035919, and it covers 1,216 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,540 people in Nangla: 1,357 men and 1,183 women, living in 485 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,216 hectares, the population density works out to about 209 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 872 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 253, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 948 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 60.77 per cent and women at 48.87 per cent. The census recorded 834 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 771 main workers, the largest group, 440, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 244 agricultural labourers and 74 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 63 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nangla's land. Of the village's 1,216 hectares, 1,141 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 1,069 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,069 hectares). About 75 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 453 cultivators and 282 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 9 hours a day.

Getting there

Nangla is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Talwandi Sabo, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Talwandi Sabo, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Natheha, Golewala, Fatah Balu and Kalalwala.

What is the population of Nangla?

The population of Nangla was 2,540 at the 2011 census, living in 485 households in Talwandi Sabo tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Nangla have?

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