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Where is Nangal Kalan?

Nangal Kalan is a village of Mansa tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mansa, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mansa community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036097, and it covers 2,395 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 7,493 people in Nangal Kalan: 3,905 men and 3,588 women, living in 1,439 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 2,395 hectares, the population density works out to about 313 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 919 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 808, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,648 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.09 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 59.3 per cent and women at 50.53 per cent. The census recorded 3,958 workers, about 53 per cent of the village. Of the 2,502 main workers, the largest group, 927, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 844 other workers in trade, transport and services and 707 agricultural labourers. A further 1,456 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nangal Kalan's land. Of the village's 2,395 hectares, 2,222 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (2,222 hectares). About 173 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. With 1,140 cultivators and 1,124 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre, a primary health sub-centre and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Nangal Kalan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mansa, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Mansa, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jawaharke, Hirewala, Barnala and Saharna.

What is the population of Nangal Kalan?

The population of Nangal Kalan was 7,493 at the 2011 census, living in 1,439 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Nangal Kalan have?

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