Kandhali Naurangpurਕਂਧਲੀ ਨੌਰਂਗਪੁਰ

Where is Kandhali Naurangpur?

Kandhali Naurangpur is a village of Dasua tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Urmar Tanda, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tanda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030708, and it covers 266 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,814 people in Kandhali Naurangpur: 914 men and 900 women, living in 365 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 266 hectares, the population density works out to about 682 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 985 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 149, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 738 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 89.67 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 93.71 per cent and women at 85.52 per cent. The census recorded 537 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 395 main workers, the largest group, 219, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 123 other workers in trade, transport and services and 37 agricultural labourers. A further 142 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Kandhali Naurangpur's land. Of the village's 266 hectares, 231 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 225 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (225 hectares). About 35 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 233 cultivators and 84 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre and a primary health sub-centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had 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

Kandhali Naurangpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Urmar Tanda, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Dasua, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhagian, Kandhala Sheikhan, Kaloya and Jhawan.

What is the population of Kandhali Naurangpur?

The population of Kandhali Naurangpur was 1,814 at the 2011 census, living in 365 households in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Kandhali Naurangpur have?

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