Mararਮਰਾੜ

Where is Marar?

Marar is a village in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 11 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 028795, and it covers 777 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,899 people in Marar: 2,074 men and 1,825 women, living in 714 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 777 hectares, the population density works out to about 502 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 880 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 453, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,063 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.95 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.92 per cent and women at 64.46 per cent. The census recorded 1,259 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 936 main workers, the largest group, 389, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 358 other workers in trade, transport and services and 153 agricultural labourers. A further 323 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Marar's land. Of the village's 777 hectares, 682 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (147 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (535 hectares). About 85 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 532 cultivators and 184 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own 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

Marar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Batala, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kotla Baman and Ghoga.

What is the population of Marar?

The population of Marar was 3,899 at the 2011 census, living in 714 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Marar have?

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