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Where is Nawan Moga Urf Tarewala?

Nawan Moga Urf Tarewala is a village in Moga tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-I community development block and is served by the Nawan Moga gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034003, and it covers 377 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,857 people in Nawan Moga Urf Tarewala: 1,001 men and 856 women, living in 349 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 377 hectares, the population density works out to about 493 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 855 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 199, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 770 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.55 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.43 per cent and women at 62.91 per cent. The census recorded 600 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 584 main workers, the largest group, 192, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 189 agricultural labourers and 184 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 16 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nawan Moga Urf Tarewala's land. Of the village's 377 hectares, 280 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (40 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (240 hectares). About 97 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 194 cultivators and 195 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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. The village had its own post office. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Nawan Moga Urf Tarewala is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Moga, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Singhanwala, Patti Sandhwan, Nahal and Sandhwan Wala Urf Churkit.

What is the population of Nawan Moga Urf Tarewala?

The population of Nawan Moga Urf Tarewala was 1,857 at the 2011 census, living in 349 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Nawan Moga Urf Tarewala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nawan Moga Urf Tarewala has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.