Chak Mahantanwalaਚੱਕ ਮਹਂਟਨਵਾਲਾ

Where is Chak Mahantanwala?

Chak Mahantanwala is a village of Guru Harsahai tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Guru Har Sahai community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034857, and it covers 501 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,328 people in Chak Mahantanwala: 705 men and 623 women, living in 267 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 501 hectares, the population density works out to about 265 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 884 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 139, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 343 people, about 26 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 86.21 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.76 per cent and women at 82.13 per cent. The census recorded 746 workers, about 56 per cent of the village. Of the 461 main workers, the largest group, 203, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 133 agricultural labourers and 122 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 285 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Mahantanwala's land. Of the village's 501 hectares, 475 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (475 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 316 cultivators and 227 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. The village had a sub post office. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Mahantanwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Guru Har Sahai, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Guru Harsahai, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Thatheran Wala, Mahantanwala, Malikzada and Chak Nidana.

What is the population of Chak Mahantanwala?

The population of Chak Mahantanwala was 1,328 at the 2011 census, living in 267 households in Guru Harsahai tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Chak Mahantanwala have?

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