Talwandi Nepalanਤਲਵੰਡੀ ਨੇਪਲਨ

Where is Talwandi Nepalan?

Talwandi Nepalan is a village in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Makhu, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Makhu community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034285, and it covers 1,280 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,745 people in Talwandi Nepalan: 1,460 men and 1,285 women, living in 526 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,280 hectares, the population density works out to about 214 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 880 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 369, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,225 people, about 45 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.69 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.4 per cent and women at 61.11 per cent. The census recorded 774 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 622 main workers, the largest group, 257, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 178 agricultural labourers and 176 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 152 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Talwandi Nepalan's land. Of the village's 1,280 hectares, 1,095 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (1,095 hectares). About 184 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 285 cultivators and 249 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 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Talwandi Nepalan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Makhu, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Zira, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Maujgarh, Nizam Dinwala, Buh Araian and Gati Harike.

What is the population of Talwandi Nepalan?

The population of Talwandi Nepalan was 2,745 at the 2011 census, living in 526 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Talwandi Nepalan have?

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