Nangal Buttarਨਂਗਲ ਬੁੱਟਰ

Where is Nangal Buttar?

Nangal Buttar is a village in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Qadian, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Qadian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028689, and it covers 202 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,047 people in Nangal Buttar: 540 men and 507 women, living in 221 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 202 hectares, the population density works out to about 518 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 939 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 88, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 478 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.32 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.21 per cent and women at 65.25 per cent. The census recorded 279 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 269 main workers, the largest group, 114, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 114 agricultural labourers and 38 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 10 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nangal Buttar's land. Of the village's 202 hectares, 178 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (20 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (109 hectares). About 24 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 118 cultivators and 116 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Nangal Buttar is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Qadian, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhagian, Chahgill, Talwandi Jhunglan and Wadala Granthian.

What is the population of Nangal Buttar?

The population of Nangal Buttar was 1,047 at the 2011 census, living in 221 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Nangal Buttar have?

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