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Where is Nathwalpur?

Nathwalpur is a village of Morinda tehsil in Rupnagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Morinda, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Morinda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038915, and it covers 161 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,279 people in Nathwalpur: 679 men and 600 women, living in 246 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 161 hectares, the population density works out to about 794 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 884 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 116, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 727 people, about 57 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 85.21 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.65 per cent and women at 81.32 per cent. The census recorded 445 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 258 main workers, the largest group, 143, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 107 other workers in trade, transport and services and 4 agricultural labourers. A further 187 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Nathwalpur's land. Of the village's 161 hectares, 146 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (146 hectares). About 15 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 159 cultivators and 51 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. It also had 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Nathwalpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Morinda, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Morinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhangrali, Gopalpur, Khairpur and Kotla.

What is the population of Nathwalpur?

The population of Nathwalpur was 1,279 at the 2011 census, living in 246 households in Morinda tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Nathwalpur have?

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