Pandoriਪੰਡੋਰੀ

Where is Pandori?

Pandori is a village in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Phagwara, about 8 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 029609, and it covers 302 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 369 people in Pandori: 201 men and 168 women, living in 71 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 302 hectares, the population density works out to about 122 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 836 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 31, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 31 people, about 8 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 85.21 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.59 per cent and women at 83.65 per cent. The census recorded 118 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 117 main workers, the largest group, 77, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 20 agricultural labourers and 20 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pandori's land. Of the village's 302 hectares, 274 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (274 hectares). About 22 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 77 cultivators and 21 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. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. The village had a sub post office. 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

Pandori is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Phagwara, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Phagwara, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sangatpur, Balaloan, Lakhpur and Dhak Balaloan.

What is the population of Pandori?

The population of Pandori was 369 at the 2011 census, living in 71 households in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Pandori have?

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