Chakli Mangaਚਕਲੀ ਮਂਗਾ

Where is Chakli Manga?

Chakli Manga is a village in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Machhiwara, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Machhiwara community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033039, and it covers 110 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 574 people in Chakli Manga: 293 men and 281 women, living in 111 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 110 hectares, the population density works out to about 522 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 959 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 66, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 482 people, about 84 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.73 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 72.39 per cent and women at 60.42 per cent. The census recorded 175 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 172 main workers, the largest group, 112, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 56 other workers in trade, transport and services and 4 cultivators on their own land. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chakli Manga's land. Of the village's 110 hectares, 99 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (99 hectares). About 11 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 5 cultivators and 113 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chakli Manga is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Machhiwara, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Samrala, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhanoor, Khera, Hambowal and Chak Samun.

What is the population of Chakli Manga?

The population of Chakli Manga was 574 at the 2011 census, living in 111 households in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Chakli Manga have?

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