Mangal Sainਮਂਗਲ ਸੈਨ

Where is Mangal Sain?

Mangal Sain is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 9 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Gurdaspur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028239, and it covers 162 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 696 people in Mangal Sain: 365 men and 331 women, living in 113 households, an average of about 6.2 people per household. Spread over its 162 hectares, the population density works out to about 430 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 907 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 78, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 0 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 88.83 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 93.1 per cent and women at 84.28 per cent. The census recorded 222 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 216 main workers, the largest group, 115, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 82 other workers in trade, transport and services and 10 household industry workers. A further 6 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mangal Sain's land. Of the village's 162 hectares, 146 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (146 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 116 cultivators and 9 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. 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

Mangal Sain is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 9 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Gurdaspur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nawan Pind, Salimpur Afganan, Purowal Rajputtan and Salimpur Araian.

What is the population of Mangal Sain?

The population of Mangal Sain was 696 at the 2011 census, living in 113 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Mangal Sain have?

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