Nakilanwalaਨਕਿਲਨਵਾਲਾ

Where is Nakilanwala?

Nakilanwala is a village of Zira tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Zira, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Zira community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034408, and it covers 505 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,050 people in Nakilanwala: 1,072 men and 978 women, living in 398 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 505 hectares, the population density works out to about 406 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 912 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 218, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 411 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.34 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.42 per cent and women at 65.83 per cent. The census recorded 662 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 543 main workers, the largest group, 299, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 215 other workers in trade, transport and services and 26 agricultural labourers. A further 119 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nakilanwala's land. Of the village's 505 hectares, 471 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (12 hectares). About 33 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 302 cultivators and 107 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included an allopathic hospital and a dispensary. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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

Nakilanwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Zira, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Zira, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Warnala, Mahianwala Purana, Mahianwala Khurd and Lehra Rohi.

What is the population of Nakilanwala?

The population of Nakilanwala was 2,050 at the 2011 census, living in 398 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Nakilanwala have?

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