Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanakਪੋਖੋਕੇ ਡੇਰਾ ਬਾਬਾ ਨਾਨਕ

Where is Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak?

Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak is a village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028969, and it covers 395 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,302 people in Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak: 690 men and 612 women, living in 253 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 395 hectares, the population density works out to about 330 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 887 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 181, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 21 people, about 2 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.01 per cent and women at 60.19 per cent. The census recorded 435 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 366 main workers, the largest group, 142, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 113 agricultural labourers and 106 cultivators on their own land. A further 69 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak's land. Of the village's 395 hectares, 274 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (9 hectares). About 121 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 114 cultivators and 131 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, 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. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Veroke, Khasanwala, Pakhoke Mehmaran and Jaurian Khurd.

What is the population of Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak?

The population of Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak was 1,302 at the 2011 census, living in 253 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.