Nurpurਨੁਰਪੁਰ

Where is Nurpur?

Nurpur is a village of Garhshankar tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Garhshankar, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Garhshankar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031907, and it covers 119 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 584 people in Nurpur: 286 men and 298 women, living in 126 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 119 hectares, the population density works out to about 491 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1042 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 54, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 322 people, about 55 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.75 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.85 per cent and women at 72.96 per cent. The census recorded 155 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 118 main workers, the largest group, 59, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 56 other workers in trade, transport and services and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 37 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nurpur's land. Of the village's 119 hectares, 108 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (108 hectares). About 11 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. With 59 cultivators and 7 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 primary health centre and a primary health sub-centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Nurpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Garhshankar, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Garhshankar, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Soni, Paddi Khutti, Aima Jattan and Mazara Dingrian.

What is the population of Nurpur?

The population of Nurpur was 584 at the 2011 census, living in 126 households in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Nurpur have?

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