Nihalpurਨਿਹਲਪੁਰ

Where is Nihalpur?

Nihalpur is a village of Dasua tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dasua, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dasua community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030815, and it covers 95 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,483 people in Nihalpur: 740 men and 743 women, living in 325 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 95 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,561 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1004 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 167, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 919 people, about 62 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 87.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 91.38 per cent and women at 83.05 per cent. The census recorded 442 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 428 main workers, the largest group, 360, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 41 agricultural labourers and 19 cultivators on their own land. A further 14 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nihalpur's land. Of the village's 95 hectares, 68 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (68 hectares). About 24 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. The census recorded 22 cultivators and 41 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Nihalpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dasua, about 2 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 Bodal, Khera Kotli, Jhingar Khurd and Ajmer.

What is the population of Nihalpur?

The population of Nihalpur was 1,483 at the 2011 census, living in 325 households in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Nihalpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nihalpur has an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.