Pandori Ran Singhਪੰਡੋਰੀ ਰਨ ਸਿੰਘ

Where is Pandori Ran Singh?

Pandori Ran Singh is a village of Tarn Taran tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 15 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 037871, and it covers 592 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,180 people in Pandori Ran Singh: 1,667 men and 1,513 women, living in 599 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 592 hectares, the population density works out to about 537 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 908 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 347, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,253 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.94 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.45 per cent and women at 66.17 per cent. The census recorded 1,072 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 613 main workers, the largest group, 377, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 172 other workers in trade, transport and services and 35 household industry workers. A further 459 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pandori Ran Singh's land. Of the village's 592 hectares, 524 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (272 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (252 hectares). About 68 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 396 cultivators and 71 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, 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 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 a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Pandori Ran Singh is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Tarn Taran, about 15 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 Rakh Bhohru, Bala Chak, Khair Dinke and Gohalwarh.

What is the population of Pandori Ran Singh?

The population of Pandori Ran Singh was 3,180 at the 2011 census, living in 599 households in Tarn Taran tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Pandori Ran Singh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Pandori Ran Singh has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.