Natਨਟ

Where is Nat?

Nat is a village in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Qadian, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Qadian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028619, and it covers 139 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,033 people in Nat: 552 men and 481 women, living in 181 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 139 hectares, the population density works out to about 743 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 871 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 102, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 231 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.4 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.14 per cent and women at 64.93 per cent. The census recorded 356 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 282 main workers, the largest group, 144, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 91 agricultural labourers and 42 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 74 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nat's land. Of the village's 139 hectares, 131 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (10 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (121 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 157 cultivators and 132 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had 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

Nat is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Qadian, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kandila, Mokal, Dharamkot and Kahlwan.

What is the population of Nat?

The population of Nat was 1,033 at the 2011 census, living in 181 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Nat have?

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