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Where is Nurpura?

Nurpura is a village of Amloh tehsil in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Amloh, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Amloh community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032808, and it covers 187 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,104 people in Nurpura: 588 men and 516 women, living in 203 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 187 hectares, the population density works out to about 590 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 878 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 120, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 769 people, about 70 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.68 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.52 per cent and women at 69.44 per cent. The census recorded 332 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 291 main workers, the largest group, 235, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 54 cultivators on their own land and 2 household industry workers. A further 41 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nurpura's land. Of the village's 187 hectares, 173 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (173 hectares). About 14 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 54 cultivators and 0 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 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 a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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

Nurpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Amloh, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Amloh, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhagwanpura, Bhadal Thuha, Ghullo Majra and Haripur.

What is the population of Nurpura?

The population of Nurpura was 1,104 at the 2011 census, living in 203 households in Amloh tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Nurpura have?

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