Pandori Rahmanਪੰਡੋਰੀ ਰਹਮਨ

Where is Pandori Rahman?

Pandori Rahman is a village of Tarn Taran tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tarn Taran community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037880, and it covers 246 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,194 people in Pandori Rahman: 617 men and 577 women, living in 216 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 246 hectares, the population density works out to about 485 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 935 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 137, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 287 people, about 24 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.94 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.9 per cent and women at 66.6 per cent. The census recorded 350 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 283 main workers, the largest group, 124, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 104 cultivators on their own land and 34 household industry workers. A further 67 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pandori Rahman's land. Of the village's 246 hectares, 225 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (112 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (113 hectares). About 21 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 109 cultivators and 33 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Pandori Rahman is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Tarn Taran, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Pandori Takhat Mall, Pandori Sidhwan, Kot Dasaundi Mal and Pandori Hassan.

What is the population of Pandori Rahman?

The population of Pandori Rahman was 1,194 at the 2011 census, living in 216 households in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Pandori Rahman have?

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