Nurpurਨੁਰਪੁਰ

Where is Nurpur?

Nurpur 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 24 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhunga community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031428, and it covers 106 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 521 people in Nurpur: 250 men and 271 women, living in 104 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 106 hectares, the population density works out to about 492 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1084 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 44, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 179 people, about 34 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 87.63 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 94.71 per cent and women at 81.2 per cent. The census recorded 121 workers, about 23 per cent of the village. Of the 97 main workers, the largest group, 49, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 43 cultivators on their own land and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 24 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 106 hectares, 81 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (81 hectares). About 16 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 43 cultivators and 3 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Nurpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Hoshiarpur, about 24 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Hoshiarpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nadali, Hazipur, Makimpur and Goraya.

What is the population of Nurpur?

The population of Nurpur was 521 at the 2011 census, living in 104 households in Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Nurpur have?

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