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Where is Nangal Khurd?

Nangal Khurd 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 036104, and it covers 706 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,444 people in Nangal Khurd: 1,268 men and 1,176 women, living in 494 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 706 hectares, the population density works out to about 346 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 927 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 284, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,122 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 58.94 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 63.25 per cent and women at 54.28 per cent. The census recorded 1,304 workers, about 53 per cent of the village. Of the 796 main workers, the largest group, 288, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 266 cultivators on their own land and 223 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 508 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nangal Khurd's land. Of the village's 706 hectares, 640 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (640 hectares). About 65 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. The census recorded 295 cultivators and 336 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

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

Nangal Khurd is reached by pucca 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 Dullowala, Ghrangne, Uddat Bhagat Ram and Maujian.

What is the population of Nangal Khurd?

The population of Nangal Khurd was 2,444 at the 2011 census, living in 494 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Nangal Khurd have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nangal Khurd 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.