Nangal Salempurਨਂਗਲ ਸਲੇਮਪੁਰ

Where is Nangal Salempur?

Nangal Salempur is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (East) community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030340, and it covers 106 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 891 people in Nangal Salempur: 460 men and 431 women, living in 189 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 106 hectares, the population density works out to about 839 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 937 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 98, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 502 people, about 56 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.7 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.99 per cent and women at 73.95 per cent. The census recorded 329 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 204 main workers, the largest group, 130, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 43 cultivators on their own land and 29 agricultural labourers. A further 125 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nangal Salempur's land. Of the village's 106 hectares, 94 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (94 hectares). About 12 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. The census recorded 47 cultivators and 85 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. 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Nangal Salempur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Jalandhar East, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kabulpur, Nangal Jamalpur, Kangniwal (Jalandhar I) and Kotla.

What is the population of Nangal Salempur?

The population of Nangal Salempur was 891 at the 2011 census, living in 189 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Nangal Salempur have?

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