Nakodar Tehsil - Jalandhar, Punjab

Nakodar is an administrative tehsil in the Jalandhar district of Punjab, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Nakodar is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Nakodar Junction, while the nearest airport is Adampur Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 38.6 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 445 km², including 432.94 km² rural area and 12.50 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 949 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Nakodar Tehsil

Nakodar Tehsil has a total of 147 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Addi	Rural	Adhi
2	Adraman	Rural	Adraman
3	Akbarpar Kalan	Rural	Akbarpur Kalan
4	Akbarpar Khurd	Rural	Akbarpur Khurd
5	Alewali	Rural	Allewali
6	Allowal	Rural	Allowal
7	Angi Kiri	Urban	Not applicable
8	Aulak	Rural	Aulakh
9	Awan Chaharmi	Rural	Awan Chuharmi
10	Awan Khalsa	Rural	Awan Khalsa
11	Bagh Pur	Rural	Bagpur
12	Baghela	Both	Dharam Singh Diyan Chhanna
13	Bajuha Kalan	Rural	Bajuha Kalan
14	Bajuha Khurd	Rural	Bajuha Khurd
15	Bal Hukmi	Rural	Balhukmi
16	Bal Kohna	Rural	Bal Kohna
17	Balanda	Rural	Bulanda
18	Baloki	Rural	Baloki
19	Bangi Wal	Rural	Bangiwal Khurd
20	Bara Islam	Rural	Bara Slam
21	Bara Sidh Pur	Rural	Bara Sidhpur
22	Bath	Rural	Bath
23	Bau Pur	Rural	Baupur ( Dona )
24	Behar	Rural	Vehran
25	Bhodi Pur	Rural	Bhodipur
26	Bhullar	Rural	Bhullar
27	Bila Nawab	Rural	Billa Nawab
28	Bir Baloki	Rural	Gobind Nagar
29	Bir Pind	Rural	Birpind
30	Bir Udhowal	Rural	Udhowal
31	Bitlan	Rural	Bitlan
32	Bopa Rai	Rural	Boparai Kalan
33	Budhi Pind	Rural	Budhipind
34	Chak Kalan	Rural	Chak Kalan
35	Chak Khurd	Rural	Chak Khurd
36	Chak Muglani	Rural	Chak Muglani
37	Chak Pir Pur	Rural	Chak Pirpur
38	Chak Vendal	Rural	Chak Vendal
39	Chanian	Rural	Chanian
40	Chhaula	Rural	Raipur Araiyan
41	Chuhar	Rural	Chuhar
42	Dhadda Dilkhah Pur	Rural	Dhada Dilkhapur
43	Dhadda Hari Pur	Rural	Dhada Haripur
44	Dhadda Hundal	Rural	Dhada Hundal
45	Dhadda Khanpur	Rural	Khanpur Dhada
46	Dhadha Lehna	Rural	Dhada Lehna
47	Dhaliwal	Rural	Dhaliwal
48	Dherian	Rural	Dherian
49	Dhuggar	Rural	Dhuggar
50	Durga Bad	Rural	Durgabad
51	Fazal Pur	Rural	Fazalpur
52	Gandhran	Rural	Gandaran
53	Gaunsuwal	Rural	Gounsuwal
54	Gill	Rural	Gill
55	Gohir	Rural	Gohir
56	Gura	Rural	Gura
57	Haripur	Rural	Haripur
58	Heir	Rural	Hair (Heran)
59	Hussaina Bad	Rural	Hussainabad
60	Hussainpur	Rural	Hussainpur
61	Jahangir	Rural	Jahangir
62	Jamait Garh	Rural	Jahangir
63	Jawinde	Rural	Mahunwal
64	Jhungian	Rural	Nawan Pind Jhuggian
65	Kang Sahbu	Rural	Kang Sahbu
66	Kang Sahib Rai	Rural	Kang Sahib Rai
67	Kangan	Rural	Kangna
68	Khaira Mushtarka	Rural	Khaira Mushtarka
69	Khairala Pur	Rural	Khurlapur
70	Khiwa	Rural	Khiwa
71	Khurampur	Urban	Not applicable
72	Khurshaid Pur	Rural	Khurshedpur
73	Kotla Bhagu	Rural	Kotla Bhaggu
74	Kotla Jangan	Rural	Kotla Jangan
75	Kotla Sudan	Rural	Kang Sahib Rai
76	Ladhe Wali	Rural	Ladhewali
77	Ladhran	Rural	Ladhran
78	Leel	Rural	Sarinh
79	Litran	Rural	Littran
80	Lohar Nangal	Rural	Bajuha Kalan
81	Lohgarh	Rural	Lohgarh
82	Maheru	Rural	Maheru
83	Mahun Wal	Rural	Mahunwal
84	Mal Wal	Rural	Malwal
85	Malhian Kalan	Rural	Nawan Pind (Mallian)
86	Malhian Khurd	Rural	Mallian Khurd
87	Malri	Rural	Malri
88	Mandiala	Rural	Mandiala
89	Mehatpur	Both	Patti Gagarwal
90	Mehmud Pur	Rural	Mehmudpur
91	Mehsam Pur	Rural	Mehsampur
92	Miran Pur	Rural	Miranpur
93	Mirpur	Rural	Mirpur ( Mari )
94	Muhem	Rural	Mahem
95	Mundh	Rural	Mudh
96	Muse Wal	Rural	Mussewal
97	Muzaffar Pur	Rural	Muzafarpur
98	Nakodar (Rural)	Rural	Gidderpindi
99	Nangal Jiwan	Rural	Nangal Jiwan
100	Nawan Pind Araian	Rural	Nawanpind Araian (J)35
101	Nawan Pind Dakhni	Rural	Nawanpind Dakhni
102	Nur Pur	Rural	Nurpur
103	Pandori Khas	Rural	Pandori Khas
104	Pandori Sheikhan	Rural	Shahpur (P)
105	Panj Grain	Rural	Sarinh
106	Pasarian	Rural	Passarian
107	Pindori Rajputan	Rural	Pandori Rajputan
108	Qaim Wala	Rural	Kaimwala
109	Rahim Pur	Rural	Rahimpur
110	Rai Pur Araian	Rural	Raipur Gujjran
111	Raibwal	Rural	Raibwal
112	Raipur Gujran	Rural	Raipur Araiyan
113	Ramunwal	Rural	Ramunwal
114	Rangra	Rural	Rangra
115	Rasulpur	Rural	Allowal
116	Rasulpur	Urban	Not applicable
117	Rasulpur Kalan	Rural	Rasulpur Kalan
118	Rauli	Rural	Rauli
119	Riayatpur	Urban	Not applicable
120	Saham	Rural	Seham
121	Saidupur	Rural	Saidupur
122	Samail Pur	Rural	Ismailpur
123	Sangowal	Rural	Sangowal
124	Sarai Khas	Rural	Sarai Kham
125	Sarih	Rural	Sarinh
126	Shah Salempur	Urban	Not applicable
127	Shahpur	Rural	Shahpur (P)
128	Shahpur	Urban	Not applicable
129	Shankar	Rural	Shanker
130	Sharakpur	Rural	Sharakpur
131	Sianiwal	Rural	Sianiwal
132	Sidhwan	Rural	Sidhwan
133	Sihari Wal	Rural	Sihariwal
134	Sihowal	Rural	Sihowal
135	Singh Pur	Rural	Singhpur Dona
136	Singh Pur	Rural	Singhpur Bet
137	Sohal Khurd	Rural	Sohal Khurd
138	Tahli	Rural	Tahli
139	Talwandi Bharo	Rural	Talwandi Bharo
140	Talwandi Salem	Rural	Talwandi Salem
141	Tandaura	Rural	Tandaura
142	Thabal Ke	Rural	Thablke
143	Tut	Rural	Tut Kalan
144	Udhowal	Rural	Udhowal
145	Uggi	Rural	Uggi
146	Umarwal	Rural	Umrewal
147	Umarwal Billa	Rural	Umrewal Billa

Population of Nakodar Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Nakodar Tehsil has a total population of 2,08,157 people, consisting of 1,06,771 males and 1,01,386 females. There are 42,287 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 467 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	2,08,157	1,71,184	36,973
Male Population	1,06,771	87,411	19,360
Female Population	1,01,386	83,773	17,613
Total Households	42,287	34,473	7,814
Population Density	467 / km²	395 / km²	2,958 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 1,43,703 literate people and 22,150 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 95,994 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 0 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Category	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	22,150	18,307	3,843
Literate Population	1,43,703	1,15,867	27,836
Illiterate Population	64,454	55,317	9,137
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	95,994	82,502	13,492
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	0	0	0

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Nakodar (नकोदर)
District	Jalandhar
State / UT	Punjab
Railway Station	Nakodar Junction
Total Area	445 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	949
Total Population (2011)	2,08,157
Density	467/km²
Total Villages	147

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Jalandhar - II	Phillaur
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