Lodhi Nangalਲੋਧੀ ਨਂਗਲ

Where is Lodhi Nangal?

Lodhi Nangal is a village of Fatehgarh Churian tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fatehgarh Churian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028817, and it covers 160 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 679 people in Lodhi Nangal: 354 men and 325 women, living in 127 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 160 hectares, the population density works out to about 424 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 918 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 66, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 104 people, about 15 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.91 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.59 per cent and women at 61.9 per cent. The census recorded 146 workers, about 22 per cent of the village. Of the 117 main workers, the largest group, 59, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 51 other workers in trade, transport and services and 4 household industry workers. A further 29 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Lodhi Nangal's land. Of the village's 160 hectares, 145 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (5 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (140 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 59 cultivators and 5 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Lodhi Nangal is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Fatehgarh Churian, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khokhar (331), Thatha, Qila Desa Singh and Chataurgarh.

What is the population of Lodhi Nangal?

The population of Lodhi Nangal was 679 at the 2011 census, living in 127 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Lodhi Nangal have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Lodhi Nangal has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.