Manak raiਮਾਨਕ ਰਾਏ

Where is Manak rai?

Manak rai is a village of Jalandhar West tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhogpur, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhogpur community development block and is served by the Manak Rai gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030599, and it covers 370 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,056 people in Manak rai: 1,024 men and 1,032 women, living in 440 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 370 hectares, the population density works out to about 556 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1008 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 172, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 841 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.34 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.7 per cent and women at 81.03 per cent. The census recorded 537 workers, about 26 per cent of the village. Of the 517 main workers, the largest group, 318, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 144 cultivators on their own land and 51 agricultural labourers. A further 20 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Manak rai's land. Of the village's 370 hectares, 330 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (330 hectares). About 40 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 145 cultivators and 52 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Manak rai is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhogpur, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jalandhar West, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Lohar, Ittan Badhi, Darawan and Sandham.

What is the population of Manak rai?

The population of Manak rai was 2,056 at the 2011 census, living in 440 households in Jalandhar West tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Manak rai have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Manak rai 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.