Mansa Khurdਮਾਨਸਾ ਖੁਰਦ

Where is Mansa Khurd?

Mansa Khurd is a village of Maur tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rampura community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035691, and it covers 702 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,310 people in Mansa Khurd: 704 men and 606 women, living in 257 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 702 hectares, the population density works out to about 187 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 861 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 105, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 345 people, about 26 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.46 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.92 per cent and women at 61 per cent. The census recorded 331 workers, about 25 per cent of the village. Of the 172 main workers, the largest group, 134, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 25 other workers in trade, transport and services and 8 household industry workers. A further 159 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mansa Khurd's land. Of the village's 702 hectares, 613 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (189 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (424 hectares). About 89 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 146 cultivators and 18 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 14 hours a day.

Getting there

Mansa Khurd is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 11 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 Jhanduke, Gill Khurd, Nandgarh Kotra and Daulatpura.

What is the population of Mansa Khurd?

The population of Mansa Khurd was 1,310 at the 2011 census, living in 257 households in Maur tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Mansa Khurd have?

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