Mansuha Kalanਮਂਸੁਹਾ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Mansuha Kalan?

Mansuha Kalan is a village of Rupnagar tehsil in Rupnagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rupnagar, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rupnagar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038676, and it covers 241 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,195 people in Mansuha Kalan: 638 men and 557 women, living in 237 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 241 hectares, the population density works out to about 496 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 873 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 126, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 589 people, about 49 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.61 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.8 per cent and women at 74.75 per cent. The census recorded 364 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 328 main workers, the largest group, 242, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 66 cultivators on their own land and 18 agricultural labourers. A further 36 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mansuha Kalan's land. Of the village's 241 hectares, 182 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (182 hectares). About 56 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 67 cultivators and 21 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Mansuha Kalan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rupnagar, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Rupnagar, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bara Bande Mehal, Mahlan, Bari Railon and Chhoti Jhallian.

What is the population of Mansuha Kalan?

The population of Mansuha Kalan was 1,195 at the 2011 census, living in 237 households in Rupnagar tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Mansuha Kalan have?

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