Makhan Windiਮੱਖਣ ਵਿੰਡੀ

Where is Makhan Windi?

Makhan Windi is a village of Amritsar I tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Amritsar, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jandiala Guru community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037559, and it covers 750 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,190 people in Makhan Windi: 2,194 men and 1,996 women, living in 797 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 750 hectares, the population density works out to about 559 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 910 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 470, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,042 people, about 49 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.34 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.58 per cent and women at 66.74 per cent. The census recorded 1,476 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 1,175 main workers, the largest group, 647, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 295 cultivators on their own land and 196 agricultural labourers. A further 301 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Makhan Windi's land. Of the village's 750 hectares, 645 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (235 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (410 hectares). About 105 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 311 cultivators and 322 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Makhan Windi is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Amritsar, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Amritsar I, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Raipur Kalan (Amritsar I), Nizampura, Nawan Pind (Amritsar I) and Chhapa Ramsingh.

What is the population of Makhan Windi?

The population of Makhan Windi was 4,190 at the 2011 census, living in 797 households in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Makhan Windi have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Makhan Windi has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.