Tandaura Explained

Tandaura
Settlement Type:Village (Punjab, India)
Pushpin Map:India Punjab#India
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates:31.0467°N 75.4773°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Punjab
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jalandhar
Subdivision Type3:Tehsil
Subdivision Name3:Nakodar
Government Type:Panchayat raj
Governing Body:Gram panchayat
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:240
Population As Of:2011
Population Total:1013[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Note:Sex ratio 493/520 /
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Punjabi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Area Code Type:Telephone
Registration Plate:PB- 08
Iso Code:IN-PB
Blank1 Name Sec2:Post office

Tandaura is a village in Nakodar in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located from Nakodar, from Kapurthala, from district headquarter Jalandhar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Demography

As of 2011, The village has a total number of 172 houses and population of 1013 of which include 493 are males while 520 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of the village is 80.31%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 114 which is 11.25% of total population of the village, and child sex ratio is approximately 1426 higher than the state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 37.41% of total population in the village. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 327 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of the village which includes 280 males and 47 females. According to census survey report 2011, 89.30% workers describe their work as main work and 10.70% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.

Transport

Nakodar railway station is the nearest train station. The village is away from domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is away in Amritsar.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tandaura Population per Census India. Census of India, 2011.