Nurpurਨੁਰਪੁਰ

Where is Nurpur?

Nurpur is a village of Raikot tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Raikot, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Raikot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033687, and it covers 535 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,006 people in Nurpur: 1,065 men and 941 women, living in 395 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 535 hectares, the population density works out to about 375 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 884 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 193, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 791 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.32 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.25 per cent and women at 76.07 per cent. The census recorded 686 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 613 main workers, the largest group, 364, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 171 cultivators on their own land and 57 agricultural labourers. A further 73 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 535 hectares, 475 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (30 hectares). About 60 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 178 cultivators and 62 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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

Nurpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Raikot, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Raikot, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Aitiana, Rajoana Khurd, Baraich and Rajoana Kalan.

What is the population of Nurpur?

The population of Nurpur was 2,006 at the 2011 census, living in 395 households in Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Nurpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nurpur 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.