Mahianwala Puranaਮਹਿਆਂਵਾਲਾ ਪੁਰਨਾ

Where is Mahianwala Purana?

Mahianwala Purana is a village in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Zira, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Zira community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034409, and it covers 508 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,644 people in Mahianwala Purana: 1,417 men and 1,227 women, living in 447 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 508 hectares, the population density works out to about 520 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 866 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 220, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 846 people, about 32 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.24 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.7 per cent and women at 67.02 per cent. The census recorded 740 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 680 main workers, the largest group, 302, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 276 other workers in trade, transport and services and 96 agricultural labourers. A further 60 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mahianwala Purana's land. Of the village's 508 hectares, 466 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (466 hectares). About 42 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 311 cultivators and 116 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mahianwala Purana is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Zira, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Zira, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nakilanwala, Lehra Rohi, Warnala and Bundala Purana.

What is the population of Mahianwala Purana?

The population of Mahianwala Purana was 2,644 at the 2011 census, living in 447 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Mahianwala Purana have?

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