Bara Makraunaਬੜਾ ਮਕਰੌਨਾ

Where is Bara Makrauna?

Bara Makrauna is a village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Puadh region, and the 2011 directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chamkaur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038873, and it covers 232 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,086 people in Bara Makrauna: 585 men and 501 women, living in 219 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 232 hectares, the population density works out to about 468 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 856 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 93, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 264 people, about 24 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.19 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.49 per cent and women at 79.27 per cent. The census recorded 412 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 385 main workers, the largest group, 202, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 179 other workers in trade, transport and services and 4 household industry workers. A further 27 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Bara Makrauna's land. Of the village's 232 hectares, 204 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. About 28 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 205 cultivators and 0 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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, 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. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Bara Makrauna is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Chamkaur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chhota Makrauna, Salempur, Pipal Majra and Raulu Majra.

What is the population of Bara Makrauna?

The population of Bara Makrauna was 1,086 at the 2011 census, living in 219 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Bara Makrauna have?

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