Tarkhan Majraਤਰਖਨ ਮਾਜਰਾ

Where is Tarkhan Majra?

Tarkhan Majra is a village of Samana tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Samana, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Samana community development block and is served by the Tarkhan Mazra gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036223, and it covers 236 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,283 people in Tarkhan Majra: 677 men and 606 women, living in 229 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 236 hectares, the population density works out to about 544 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 895 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 176, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 229 people, about 18 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.45 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.34 per cent and women at 66.1 per cent. The census recorded 717 workers, about 56 per cent of the village. Of the 605 main workers, the largest group, 539, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 51 cultivators on their own land and 15 agricultural labourers. A further 112 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Tarkhan Majra's land. Of the village's 236 hectares, 220 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (220 hectares). About 13 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 54 cultivators and 31 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 and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Tarkhan Majra is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Samana, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Samana, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nassupur, Badshahpur Kaleki, Saidipur and Dhenthal.

What is the population of Tarkhan Majra?

The population of Tarkhan Majra was 1,283 at the 2011 census, living in 229 households in Samana tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Tarkhan Majra have?

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