Melak Kanganਮੇਲਕ ਕਂਗਨ

Where is Melak Kangan?

Melak Kangan is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034198, and it covers 180 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 520 people in Melak Kangan: 261 men and 259 women, living in 110 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 180 hectares, the population density works out to about 289 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 992 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 46, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 49 people, about 9 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.63 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.25 per cent and women at 70.94 per cent. The census recorded 175 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 161 main workers, the largest group, 83, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 75 other workers in trade, transport and services and 3 agricultural labourers. A further 14 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Melak Kangan's land. Of the village's 180 hectares, 163 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (26 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (137 hectares). About 17 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 85 cultivators and 6 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, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Melak Kangan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dharamkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mandar Kalan, Melak Akalian, Kambo Kalan and Sanghera.

What is the population of Melak Kangan?

The population of Melak Kangan was 520 at the 2011 census, living in 110 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Melak Kangan have?

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