Nabipurਨਬੀਪੁਰ

Where is Nabipur?

Nabipur is a village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sultanpur Lodhi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029434, and it covers 143 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 301 people in Nabipur: 167 men and 134 women, living in 55 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 143 hectares, the population density works out to about 210 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 802 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 32, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 81 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.75 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.86 per cent and women at 66.94 per cent. The census recorded 118 workers, about 39 per cent of the village. Of the 87 main workers, the largest group, 43, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 42 other workers in trade, transport and services and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 31 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nabipur's land. Of the village's 143 hectares, 127 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (127 hectares). About 16 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 54 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was five to ten kilometres away.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Nabipur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Sultanpur Lodhi, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jhanduwala Kamboan, Lakh Waryah, Jhanduwala Rajputan and Passan Kadim.

What is the population of Nabipur?

The population of Nabipur was 301 at the 2011 census, living in 55 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Nabipur have?

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