Narsinghpuraਨਰਸਿਂਘਪੁਰਾ

Where is Narsinghpura?

Narsinghpura is a village of Bassi Pathana tehsil in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bassi Pathana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032604, and it covers 87 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 137 people in Narsinghpura: 75 men and 62 women, living in 26 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 87 hectares, the population density works out to about 157 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 827 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 11, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 8 people, about 6 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.81 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75 per cent and women at 72.41 per cent. The census recorded 42 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 42 main workers, the largest group, 34, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 5 other workers in trade, transport and services and 2 agricultural labourers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Narsinghpura's land. Of the village's 87 hectares, 80 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (79 hectares). About 7 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 34 cultivators and 2 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Narsinghpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Bassi Pathana, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sakandarpur, Nahanheri, Nanuwal and Rampur Kaleran.

What is the population of Narsinghpura?

The population of Narsinghpura was 137 at the 2011 census, living in 26 households in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Narsinghpura have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Narsinghpura has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.