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Where is Nidhanwala?

Nidhanwala is a village in Moga tehsil of Moga district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034056, and it covers 369 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,016 people in Nidhanwala: 1,080 men and 936 women, living in 337 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 369 hectares, the population density works out to about 546 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 867 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 227, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 582 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.33 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.52 per cent and women at 67.54 per cent. The census recorded 637 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 615 main workers, the largest group, 348, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 216 cultivators on their own land and 29 household industry workers. A further 22 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nidhanwala's land. Of the village's 369 hectares, 336 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (282 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (54 hectares). About 33 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 223 cultivators and 22 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Nidhanwala is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Moga, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chuhar Singhwala, Dagru, Saliana and Daroli Bhai.

What is the population of Nidhanwala?

The population of Nidhanwala was 2,016 at the 2011 census, living in 337 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Nidhanwala have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Nidhanwala 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.