Naraਨਰਾ

Where is Nara?

Nara is a village in Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Hoshiarpur, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Hoshiarpur-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031480, and it covers 1,561 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,080 people in Nara: 536 men and 544 women, living in 205 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 1,561 hectares, the population density works out to about 69 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1015 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 119, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 996 people, about 92 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.96 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.29 per cent and women at 75.77 per cent. The census recorded 319 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 308 main workers, the largest group, 156, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 95 agricultural labourers and 56 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nara's land. Of the village's 1,561 hectares, 83 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (59 hectares). About 140 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. With 158 cultivators and 101 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 senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. 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 its own post office. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Nara is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Hoshiarpur, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Hoshiarpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bassi Kikran, Tharoli, Nandan and Dalewal.

What is the population of Nara?

The population of Nara was 1,080 at the 2011 census, living in 205 households in Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Nara have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nara has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.