Dholan Majraਧੋਲਨ ਮਾਜਰਾ

Where is Dholan Majra?

Dholan Majra is a village in Morinda tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Puadh region, and the 2011 directory recorded Morinda, about 1 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Morinda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038921, and it covers 123 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 593 people in Dholan Majra: 316 men and 277 women, living in 101 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 123 hectares, the population density works out to about 482 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 877 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 53, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 147 people, about 25 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.52 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.15 per cent and women at 79.37 per cent. The census recorded 285 workers, about 48 per cent of the village. Of the 198 main workers, the largest group, 150, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 28 cultivators on their own land and 19 household industry workers. A further 87 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dholan Majra's land. Of the village's 123 hectares, 107 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (107 hectares). About 16 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 48 cultivators and 3 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, 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. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Dholan Majra is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Morinda, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Morinda, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bangian, Kanjla, Aurnauli and Rampur Mehrab.

What is the population of Dholan Majra?

The population of Dholan Majra was 593 at the 2011 census, living in 101 households in Morinda tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Dholan Majra have?

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