Mansa Kalanਮਾਨਸਾ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Mansa Kalan?

Mansa Kalan is a village of Maur tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Maur, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Maur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035890, and it covers 909 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,190 people in Mansa Kalan: 1,713 men and 1,477 women, living in 587 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 909 hectares, the population density works out to about 351 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 862 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 330, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 932 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.12 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 59.67 per cent and women at 52.03 per cent. The census recorded 1,519 workers, about 48 per cent of the village. Of the 883 main workers, the largest group, 520, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 187 other workers in trade, transport and services and 167 agricultural labourers. A further 636 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mansa Kalan's land. Of the village's 909 hectares, 845 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (820 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (25 hectares). About 64 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 744 cultivators and 524 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and a dispensary. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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

Mansa Kalan is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Maur, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Maur, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Burj, Mari, Sandoha and Jodhpur Pakhar.

What is the population of Mansa Kalan?

The population of Mansa Kalan was 3,190 at the 2011 census, living in 587 households in Maur tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Mansa Kalan have?

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