Nurpurਨੁਰਪੁਰ

Where is Nurpur?

Nurpur is a village of Samrala tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Machhiwara, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Machhiwara community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033073, and it covers 406 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 384 people in Nurpur: 212 men and 172 women, living in 67 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 406 hectares, the population density works out to about 95 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 811 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 29, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 97 people, about 25 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.75 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.2 per cent and women at 74.68 per cent. The census recorded 108 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 96 main workers, the largest group, 82, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 11 other workers in trade, transport and services and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 12 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nurpur's land. Of the village's 406 hectares, 389 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (389 hectares). About 17 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 82 cultivators and 10 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Nurpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Machhiwara, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Samrala, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kaunke (Samrala), Sehjo Majra, Powat and Rattipur.

What is the population of Nurpur?

The population of Nurpur was 384 at the 2011 census, living in 67 households in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Nurpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nurpur has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.