Nurpur Kirpalkeਨੁਰਪੁਰ ਕਿਰਪਲਕੇ

Where is Nurpur Kirpalke?

Nurpur Kirpalke is a village of Muktsar tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Muktsar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035419, and it covers 938 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,360 people in Nurpur Kirpalke: 716 men and 644 women, living in 275 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 938 hectares, the population density works out to about 145 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 899 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 151, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 160 people, about 12 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.71 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.85 per cent and women at 64.79 per cent. The census recorded 462 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 461 main workers, the largest group, 368, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 59 agricultural labourers and 34 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nurpur Kirpalke's land. Of the village's 938 hectares, 859 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (859 hectares). About 65 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 368 cultivators and 59 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Nurpur Kirpalke is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Muktsar, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ranjitgarh, Virvianwali, Chak Jawahar Singhwala and Gulabewala.

What is the population of Nurpur Kirpalke?

The population of Nurpur Kirpalke was 1,360 at the 2011 census, living in 275 households in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Nurpur Kirpalke have?

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