Country India Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code +91-181-274 XXXX Elevation 96 m Government body Gram panchayat | State Punjab PIN 144102 Vehicle registration PB 08 Population 1,714 (2011) | |
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Nahal is a village located in Jalandhar district in the state of Punjab in north India.
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Map of Nahal, Punjab 144102
Location
The village is located off the Adampur-Bhogpur Road and is about 26-27 kilometres from the Jalandhar city centre. Hoshiarpur is about 26 km from Nahal. The Bhogpur Sirwal is about 15.2 km from Nahal.
Census 2011
Nahal is a medium size village located in Jalandhar - II of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 349 families residing. The Nahal village has population of 1714 of which 884 are males while 830 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Nahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 9.28% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nahal village is 939 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Nahal as per census is 963, higher than Punjab average of 846.
Nahal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Nahal village was 78.71% compared to 75.84% of Punjab. In Nahal Male literacy stands at 83.56% while female literacy rate was 73.54%.
Administration
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Nahal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village.
Much of the development of the village was carried out under the leadership of Manjit Kaur who was elected Sarpanch
Area information
Nahal has various shops and service providers. There are two gurudwara in this village . There is one private school up to 10th and one govt school up to 5th in village. nearest railway station is at Adampur Doaba. Some streets are fairly narrow and suitable for single-lane driving only mostly are too wide enough. The land around the village is flat and fertile.