Chak Baja Madaharਚੱਕ ਬਜਾ ਮਡਹਰ

Where is Chak Baja Madahar?

Chak Baja Madahar is a village of Muktsar tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bariwala, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Muktsar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035445, and it covers 325 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 457 people in Chak Baja Madahar: 249 men and 208 women, living in 79 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 325 hectares, the population density works out to about 141 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 835 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 63, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 147 people, about 32 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.89 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.24 per cent and women at 68.33 per cent. The census recorded 149 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 148 main workers, the largest group, 89, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 40 agricultural labourers and 19 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Baja Madahar's land. Of the village's 325 hectares, 312 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (312 hectares). About 13 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 90 cultivators and 40 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Baja Madahar is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Bariwala, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Muktsar, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jamuana, Wattu, Takhat Malana and Motlewala.

What is the population of Chak Baja Madahar?

The population of Chak Baja Madahar was 457 at the 2011 census, living in 79 households in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Chak Baja Madahar have?

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