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Where is Pandrawal?

Pandrawal is a village of Nawanshahr tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nawansahar, about 20 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Aur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032221, and it covers 166 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 707 people in Pandrawal: 372 men and 335 women, living in 122 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 166 hectares, the population density works out to about 426 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 901 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 83, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 53 people, about 7 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 67.63 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.61 per cent and women at 58.78 per cent. The census recorded 238 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 232 main workers, the largest group, 124, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 69 agricultural labourers and 36 cultivators on their own land. A further 6 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pandrawal's land. Of the village's 166 hectares, 156 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (156 hectares). About 10 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. The census recorded 36 cultivators and 73 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 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Pandrawal is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Nawansahar, about 20 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Nawanshahr, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nangal Jattan, Burj Tehal Dass, Begowal and Khurd.

What is the population of Pandrawal?

The population of Pandrawal was 707 at the 2011 census, living in 122 households in Nawanshahr tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Pandrawal have?

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