Nazampurਨਜ਼ਮਪੁਰ

Where is Nazampur?

Nazampur is a village in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029135, and it covers 174 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 365 people in Nazampur: 204 men and 161 women, living in 65 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 174 hectares, the population density works out to about 210 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 789 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 24, about 7 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 27 people, about 7 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 89.44 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 91.15 per cent and women at 87.25 per cent. The census recorded 154 workers, about 42 per cent of the village. Of the 97 main workers, the largest group, 70, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 18 other workers in trade, transport and services and 5 agricultural labourers. A further 57 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nazampur's land. Of the village's 174 hectares, 159 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (159 hectares). About 15 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 74 cultivators and 8 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. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

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

Nazampur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bajola, Randhawa, Subhanpur and Shahpur Pira.

What is the population of Nazampur?

The population of Nazampur was 365 at the 2011 census, living in 65 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Nazampur have?

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