Nasraliਨਸਰਲੀ

Where is Nasrali?

Nasrali is a village of Khanna tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Payal, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khanna community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033239, and it covers 742 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,283 people in Nasrali: 1,193 men and 1,090 women, living in 437 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 742 hectares, the population density works out to about 308 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 914 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 208, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 797 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.63 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.24 per cent and women at 73.83 per cent. The census recorded 776 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 772 main workers, the largest group, 408, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 255 cultivators on their own land and 105 agricultural labourers. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nasrali's land. Of the village's 742 hectares, 662 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (662 hectares). About 65 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 256 cultivators and 105 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 primary health sub-centre. 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. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Nasrali is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Payal, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Khanna, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Isru, Rohnon Khurd, Khurd and Ishanpur.

What is the population of Nasrali?

The population of Nasrali was 2,283 at the 2011 census, living in 437 households in Khanna tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Nasrali have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nasrali has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.