Burj Mansaਬੁਰਜ ਮਾਨਸਾ

Where is Burj Mansa?

Burj Mansa is a village of Rampura Phul tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Phul community development block and is served by the Buraj Mansa gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035702, and it covers 294 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,096 people in Burj Mansa: 568 men and 528 women, living in 212 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 294 hectares, the population density works out to about 373 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 930 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 127, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 228 people, about 21 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.38 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.73 per cent and women at 63.42 per cent. The census recorded 376 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 353 main workers, the largest group, 230, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 90 other workers in trade, transport and services and 28 agricultural labourers. A further 23 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Burj Mansa's land. Of the village's 294 hectares, 270 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (156 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (114 hectares). About 24 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 242 cultivators and 32 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Burj Mansa is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Rampura Phul, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gill Kalan, Kararwala, Harnam Singhwala and Pitho.

What is the population of Burj Mansa?

The population of Burj Mansa was 1,096 at the 2011 census, living in 212 households in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Burj Mansa have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Burj Mansa has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.