# Nurpur Village, Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) – PIN Code

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/garhshankar/nurpur-031850/

Village · Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur 

# Nurpur

Nurpur is a village in Garhshankar sub-district of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, PIN code **146102**. The 2011 Census counted **957 people in 186 households**, the 133rd largest of 296 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.7%.

- 957people (2011)
- 186households
- 59.1%literacy
- 146102PIN code

## Nurpur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Nurpur is 146102.** Nurpur falls in Garhshankar sub-district, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab.

- PIN code146102
- Gram panchayatNurpur Bramahna
- Community development blockMahilpur
- Census village code031850

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Nurpur from nearby towns?

- Garhshankar (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Hoshiarpur (district HQ)24 km by road
- Mahilpur (nearest town)10 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Nurpur?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Nurpur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile health clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Ram Pur
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Mahilpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshiarpur
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 16 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Nurpur known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 85% of the 186 hectares of village land is sown, and 142 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Nurpur

Of every 100 households in Nurpur in 2011, 98 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 61 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 44 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Nurpur · ■ Garhshankar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**38%

Tap water ****96%**

**67%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**82%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****61%**

**45%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****39%**

**52%

Use banking services ****92%**

**84%

Television ****91%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****44%**

**47%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**9%

None of these assets ****0%**

**4%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Nurpur?

■ Nurpur · ■ Garhshankar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**81.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****865**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**890

Working population ****44.2%**

**32.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.7% for men and 55.0% for women. 58% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 21 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (24%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 136 (32%) · **■** Marginal 158 (37%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Garhshankar

- Mehngerwal971 people
- Nangal Khilarian968 people
- Bagwain962 people
- Kaharpur957 people
- Dansiwal954 people
- Singhpur953 people
- Chak Rautan948 people
- Purkhowal944 people

[All 297 villages in Garhshankar](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/hoshiarpur/garhshankar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Nurpur?146102
- How far is Nurpur from Hoshiarpur?24 km by road
- What is the population of Nurpur?957 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nurpur in?Hoshiarpur district (Garhshankar sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Nurpur?59.1% (Census 2011)