Maddaਮੱਡਾ

Where is Madda?

Madda is a village of Dasua tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Urmar Tanda, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tanda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030803, and it covers 141 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 431 people in Madda: 221 men and 210 women, living in 90 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 141 hectares, the population density works out to about 306 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 950 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 42, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 179 people, about 42 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.58 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.6 per cent and women at 79.14 per cent. The census recorded 130 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 130 main workers, the largest group, 56, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 40 other workers in trade, transport and services and 33 agricultural labourers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Madda's land. Of the village's 141 hectares, 127 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (127 hectares). About 14 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 56 cultivators and 33 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Madda is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Urmar Tanda, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Dasua, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mehndipur, Kadari Chak, Kamalpur and Munak Kalan.

What is the population of Madda?

The population of Madda was 431 at the 2011 census, living in 90 households in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Madda have?

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