Dhingarpurਧਿਂਗਰਪੁਰ

Where is Dhingarpur?

Dhingarpur is a village in Nawanshahr tehsil of SBS Nagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Nawansahar, about 26 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nawanshahr community development block and is served by the Dhainger Pur gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032341, and it covers 250 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 576 people in Dhingarpur: 275 men and 301 women, living in 113 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 250 hectares, the population density works out to about 230 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1095 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 75, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 331 people, about 57 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.45 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.07 per cent and women at 66.28 per cent. The census recorded 206 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 146 main workers, the largest group, 71, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 59 other workers in trade, transport and services and 15 agricultural labourers. A further 60 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dhingarpur's land. Of the village's 250 hectares, 235 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (235 hectares). About 15 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. With 71 cultivators and 18 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had 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 14 hours a day.

Getting there

Dhingarpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Nawansahar, about 26 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Nawanshahr, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Janian, Malakpur, Chak Alahi Bakhash and Alowal.

What is the population of Dhingarpur?

The population of Dhingarpur was 576 at the 2011 census, living in 113 households in Nawanshahr tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Dhingarpur have?

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