# Nangal Village, Balachaur, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar (Punjab)

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Village · Balachaur, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 

# Nangal

Nangal is a village in Balachaur sub-district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab, PIN code **144522**. The 2011 Census counted **481 people in 94 households**, the 120th largest of 183 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.8%.

- 481people (2011)
- 94households
- 78.9%literacy
- 144522PIN code

## Nangal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Nangal is 144522.** Nangal falls in Balachaur sub-district, Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab.

- PIN code144522
- Gram panchayatNangal
- Community development blockBalachaur
- Census village code032394

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

## How far is Nangal from nearby towns?

- Balachaur (sub-district HQ)16 km by road
- Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar (district HQ)36 km by road
- Balachaur (nearest town)14 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 Nangal?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Nangal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Paniali
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Rupnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Rupnagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, covered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 13 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 Nangal known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 41% of the 180 hectares of village land is sown, and 74 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 Nangal

Of every 100 households in Nangal in 2011, 94 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 25 cooked with LPG; 80 had a mobile phone, 38 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Nangal · ■ Balachaur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**49%

Tap water ****61%**

**65%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**79%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****25%**

**36%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**60%

Use banking services ****73%**

**75%

Television ****76%**

**78%

Mobile phone ****80%**

**77%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****38%**

**48%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**8%

None of these assets ****2%**

**5%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Nangal?

■ Nangal · ■ Balachaur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**76.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1143**

**861

Working population ****68.8%**

**35.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 74.5% for women. 71% of men and 66% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 213 (64%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 33 (10%) · **■** Marginal 50 (15%)

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 Balachaur

- Dhaktana522 people
- Jitpur515 people
- Buthgarh496 people
- Aima481 people
- Arazi Darya Bramd BelaTajowal465 people
- Bholewal465 people
- Khandupur464 people
- Shahbazpur463 people

[All 184 villages in Balachaur](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/shahid-bhagat-singh-nagar/balachaur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Nangal?144522
- How far is Nangal from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar?36 km by road
- What is the population of Nangal?481 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Nangal in?Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district (Balachaur sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Nangal?78.9% (Census 2011)