Nangal Majhaਨਂਗਲ ਮਾਝਾ

Where is Nangal Majha?

Nangal Majha is a village of Phagwara tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Phagwara, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Phagwara community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029652, and it covers 258 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,053 people in Nangal Majha: 1,038 men and 1,015 women, living in 464 households, an average of about 4.4 people per household. Spread over its 258 hectares, the population density works out to about 795 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 978 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 230, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 975 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.39 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.06 per cent and women at 79.64 per cent. The census recorded 717 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 498 main workers, the largest group, 368, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 51 cultivators on their own land and 43 agricultural labourers. A further 219 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nangal Majha's land. Of the village's 258 hectares, 198 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (198 hectares). About 32 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 64 cultivators and 62 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Nangal Majha is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Phagwara, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Phagwara, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Barn, Khangura, Dhak Barn and Chak Hakim.

What is the population of Nangal Majha?

The population of Nangal Majha was 2,053 at the 2011 census, living in 464 households in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Nangal Majha have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nangal Majha has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.