Naurangpurਨੌਰਂਗਪੁਰ

Where is Naurangpur?

Naurangpur is a village of Shahkot tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Shahkot, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Shahkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029720, and it covers 126 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 599 people in Naurangpur: 310 men and 289 women, living in 107 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 126 hectares, the population density works out to about 475 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 932 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 46, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 184 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.6 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77 per cent and women at 69.92 per cent. The census recorded 237 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 232 main workers, the largest group, 104, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 71 other workers in trade, transport and services and 57 agricultural labourers. A further 5 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Naurangpur's land. Of the village's 126 hectares, 115 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (115 hectares). About 11 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 104 cultivators and 61 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Naurangpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Shahkot, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Shahkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Danewal, Chak Hathiana, Baupur and Burewal.

What is the population of Naurangpur?

The population of Naurangpur was 599 at the 2011 census, living in 107 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Naurangpur have?

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