Pandori Takhat Mallਪੰਡੋਰੀ ਤਖਟ ਮੱਲ

Where is Pandori Takhat Mall?

Pandori Takhat Mall is a village in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 10 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 037879, and it covers 222 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,463 people in Pandori Takhat Mall: 788 men and 675 women, living in 247 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 222 hectares, the population density works out to about 659 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 857 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 187, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 543 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.45 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.09 per cent and women at 60.64 per cent. The census recorded 398 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 383 main workers, the largest group, 144, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 136 agricultural labourers and 92 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 15 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pandori Takhat Mall's land. Of the village's 222 hectares, 196 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (85 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (111 hectares). About 26 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 150 cultivators and 137 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. The village had a sub post office. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Pandori Takhat Mall is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Kot Dasaundi Mal, Pandori Rahman, Khara and Pandori Sidhwan.

What is the population of Pandori Takhat Mall?

The population of Pandori Takhat Mall was 1,463 at the 2011 census, living in 247 households in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Pandori Takhat Mall have?

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