Nandpurਨਂਡਪੁਰ

Where is Nandpur?

Nandpur 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 Patti, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Naushera Pannuan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038011, and it covers 536 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,061 people in Nandpur: 1,622 men and 1,439 women, living in 511 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 536 hectares, the population density works out to about 571 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 887 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 357, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,508 people, about 49 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.9 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.46 per cent and women at 61.81 per cent. The census recorded 921 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 204 main workers, the largest group, 107, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 68 cultivators on their own land and 17 household industry workers. A further 717 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nandpur's land. Of the village's 536 hectares, 486 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (486 hectares). About 50 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 291 cultivators and 143 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Nandpur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Patti, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Tarn Taran, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kheda, Khabba Rajputan, Jallewala and Jawanda Kalan.

What is the population of Nandpur?

The population of Nandpur was 3,061 at the 2011 census, living in 511 households in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Nandpur have?

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