Manjian Waliਮਂਜਿਆਂ ਵਾਲੀ

Where is Manjian Wali?

Manjian Wali is a village of Fatehgarh Churian tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fatehgarh Churian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028828, and it covers 302 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,439 people in Manjian Wali: 732 men and 707 women, living in 239 households, an average of about 6.0 people per household. Spread over its 302 hectares, the population density works out to about 476 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 966 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 170, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 334 people, about 23 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.17 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.49 per cent and women at 78.74 per cent. The census recorded 442 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 421 main workers, the largest group, 231, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 186 other workers in trade, transport and services and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 21 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Manjian Wali's land. Of the village's 302 hectares, 276 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 226 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (142 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (29 hectares). About 26 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 240 cultivators and 3 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. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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

Manjian Wali is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Churian, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Fatehgarh Churian, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jhanjian Khurd, Muridke, Lala Nangal and Kala Afgana.

What is the population of Manjian Wali?

The population of Manjian Wali was 1,439 at the 2011 census, living in 239 households in Fatehgarh Churian tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Manjian Wali have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Manjian Wali 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.