Chak Mahranaਚੱਕ ਮਹਰਨਾ

Where is Chak Mahrana?

Chak Mahrana is a village of Zira tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Makhu, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Makhu community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034321, and it covers 142 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 619 people in Chak Mahrana: 312 men and 307 women, living in 116 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 142 hectares, the population density works out to about 436 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 984 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 64, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 84 people, about 14 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80.94 per cent and women at 67.51 per cent. The census recorded 213 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 150 main workers, the largest group, 120, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 30 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 63 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chak Mahrana's land. Of the village's 142 hectares, 131 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (131 hectares). About 11 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 122 cultivators and 51 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre, a primary health centre and a primary health sub-centre. It also had 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chak Mahrana is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Makhu, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Zira, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ghuduwala, Chak Dhangarh, Mithe and Sadarwala.

What is the population of Chak Mahrana?

The population of Chak Mahrana was 619 at the 2011 census, living in 116 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Chak Mahrana have?

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