Mundianਮੁਂਡਿਆਂ

Where is Mundian?

Mundian 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 1 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 038859, and it covers 379 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 513 people in Mundian: 283 men and 230 women, living in 90 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 379 hectares, the population density works out to about 135 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 813 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 49, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 151 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 90.09 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 91.97 per cent and women at 87.91 per cent. The census recorded 333 workers, about 65 per cent of the village. Of the 306 main workers, the largest group, 161, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 86 household industry workers and 46 cultivators on their own land. A further 27 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mundian's land. Of the village's 379 hectares, 351 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 300 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (300 hectares). About 22 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 49 cultivators and 13 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 and an internet common service centre. 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Mundian is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Dehar, Haron, Gagon and Kandola.

What is the population of Mundian?

The population of Mundian was 513 at the 2011 census, living in 90 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Mundian have?

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