Nathoheriਨਥੋਹੇਰੀ

Where is Nathoheri?

Nathoheri is a village of Ahmedgarh tehsil in Malerkotla district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Malerkotla, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malerkotla-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039438, and it covers 313 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,250 people in Nathoheri: 674 men and 576 women, living in 246 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 313 hectares, the population density works out to about 399 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 855 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 117, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 583 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.61 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.35 per cent and women at 68.18 per cent. The census recorded 416 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 249 main workers, the largest group, 121, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 106 cultivators on their own land and 14 agricultural labourers. A further 167 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nathoheri's land. Of the village's 313 hectares, 309 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (309 hectares). About 4 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 110 cultivators and 25 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Nathoheri is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Malerkotla, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ahmedgarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Malerkotla town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Abdullapur and Kasampur.

What is the population of Nathoheri?

The population of Nathoheri was 1,250 at the 2011 census, living in 246 households in Ahmedgarh tehsil of Malerkotla district.

What facilities does Nathoheri have?

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