Mohan Majraਮੋਹਨ ਮਾਜਰਾ

Where is Mohan Majra?

Mohan Majra is a village of Chamkaur Sahib tehsil in Rupnagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 15 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 038814, and it covers 199 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 582 people in Mohan Majra: 306 men and 276 women, living in 114 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 199 hectares, the population density works out to about 292 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 902 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 71, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 342 people, about 59 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.28 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.45 per cent and women at 70.37 per cent. The census recorded 162 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 120 main workers, the largest group, 53, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 36 agricultural labourers and 29 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 42 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mohan Majra's land. Of the village's 199 hectares, 188 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (188 hectares). About 11 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. The census recorded 57 cultivators and 65 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mohan Majra is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 15 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 Fatehgarh Viran, Rampur, Taprian Amar Singh and Phassa.

What is the population of Mohan Majra?

The population of Mohan Majra was 582 at the 2011 census, living in 114 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Mohan Majra have?

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