Pandori Araianਪੰਡੋਰੀ ਅਰਾਿਆਂ

Where is Pandori Araian?

Pandori Araian is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 5 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 034153, and it covers 514 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,628 people in Pandori Araian: 852 men and 776 women, living in 315 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 514 hectares, the population density works out to about 317 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 190, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 671 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.15 per cent and women at 63.29 per cent. The census recorded 513 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 502 main workers, the largest group, 234, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 178 agricultural labourers and 83 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pandori Araian's land. Of the village's 514 hectares, 476 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (26 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (450 hectares). About 38 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 235 cultivators and 187 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 and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Pandori Araian is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 5 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 and Nurpur Haqiman.

What is the population of Pandori Araian?

The population of Pandori Araian was 1,628 at the 2011 census, living in 315 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Pandori Araian have?

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