Nurpur Haqimanਨੁਰਪੁਰ ਹਕਿਮਨ

Where is Nurpur Haqiman?

Nurpur Haqiman is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034155, and it covers 367 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,407 people in Nurpur Haqiman: 1,281 men and 1,126 women, living in 445 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 367 hectares, the population density works out to about 656 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 879 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 346, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,689 people, about 70 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.71 per cent and women at 52.72 per cent. The census recorded 863 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 832 main workers, the largest group, 511, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 181 other workers in trade, transport and services and 130 cultivators on their own land. A further 31 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nurpur Haqiman's land. Of the village's 367 hectares, 328 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (328 hectares). About 39 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 130 cultivators and 534 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 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 Haqiman is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dharamkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kaila, Kot Sardar Khan, Pandori Araian and Jaffarwala.

What is the population of Nurpur Haqiman?

The population of Nurpur Haqiman was 2,407 at the 2011 census, living in 445 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Nurpur Haqiman have?

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