Ratta Nauabadਰੱਟਾ ਨੌਆਬਾਦ

Where is Ratta Nauabad?

Ratta Nauabad is a village of Kapurthala tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Kapurthala, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kapurthala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029280, and it covers 157 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 328 people in Ratta Nauabad: 164 men and 164 women, living in 60 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 157 hectares, the population density works out to about 209 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1000 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 51, about 16 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 152 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.17 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.88 per cent and women at 70.5 per cent. The census recorded 101 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 101 main workers, the largest group, 60, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 41 agricultural labourers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ratta Nauabad's land. Of the village's 157 hectares, 143 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (143 hectares). About 14 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. The census recorded no cultivators of their own land in the village, but 41 agricultural labourers, who work on farms in and around the village.

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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Ratta Nauabad is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Kapurthala, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Hussainabad, Jhal Bibri, Majahadpur and Jalal Bholana.

What is the population of Ratta Nauabad?

The population of Ratta Nauabad was 328 at the 2011 census, living in 60 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Ratta Nauabad have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ratta Nauabad has government schools from primary to middle school level. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.