Sehjo Majraਸੇਹਜੋ ਮਾਜਰਾ

Where is Sehjo Majra?

Sehjo Majra is a village of Samrala tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Machhiwara, about 6 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 033074, and it covers 684 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,487 people in Sehjo Majra: 1,299 men and 1,188 women, living in 459 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 684 hectares, the population density works out to about 364 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 915 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 284, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 334 people, about 13 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.36 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.41 per cent and women at 63.71 per cent. The census recorded 745 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 711 main workers, the largest group, 249, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 242 other workers in trade, transport and services and 206 agricultural labourers. A further 34 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Sehjo Majra's land. Of the village's 684 hectares, 571 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (571 hectares). About 113 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 253 cultivators and 225 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, 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Sehjo Majra is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Machhiwara, about 6 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 Nurpur, Rattipur, Kaunke (Samrala) and Burj Kacha.

What is the population of Sehjo Majra?

The population of Sehjo Majra was 2,487 at the 2011 census, living in 459 households in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Sehjo Majra have?

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