Nangal Nikkuਨੰਗਲ ਨਿੱਕੁ

Where is Nangal Nikku?

Nangal Nikku is a village in Nangal tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Puadh region, and the 2011 directory recorded Nangal, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Anandpur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038566, and it covers 454 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,682 people in Nangal Nikku: 1,301 men and 1,381 women, living in 537 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 454 hectares, the population density works out to about 591 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1061 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 291, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 400 people, about 15 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 88.29 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 93.07 per cent and women at 83.83 per cent. The census recorded 732 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 709 main workers, the largest group, 501, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 97 cultivators on their own land and 79 household industry workers. A further 23 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nangal Nikku's land. Of the village's 454 hectares, 5 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (5 hectares). About 314 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 97 cultivators and 34 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Nangal Nikku is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Nangal, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Nangal, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Hambewal, Dohkli, Dubheta and Meghpur.

What is the population of Nangal Nikku?

The population of Nangal Nikku was 2,682 at the 2011 census, living in 537 households in Nangal tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Nangal Nikku have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nangal Nikku 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.