Sito Nauabadਸਿਟੋ ਨੌਆਬਾਦ

Where is Sito Nauabad?

Sito Nauabad is a village of Patti tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Patti, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patti community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038198, and it covers 310 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 441 people in Sito Nauabad: 218 men and 223 women, living in 69 households, an average of about 6.4 people per household. Spread over its 310 hectares, the population density works out to about 142 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1023 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 69, about 16 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 16 people, about 4 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.37 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.58 per cent and women at 53.44 per cent. The census recorded 139 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 134 main workers, the largest group, 124, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 5 household industry workers and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 5 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sito Nauabad's land. Of the village's 310 hectares, 286 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (286 hectares). About 24 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 128 cultivators and 3 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Sito Nauabad is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Patti, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Patti, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sito Mah Jhungian, Kot Nauabad, Dhumniwala and Dubli.

What is the population of Sito Nauabad?

The population of Sito Nauabad was 441 at the 2011 census, living in 69 households in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Sito Nauabad have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Sito Nauabad has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.