Pipal Majraਪਿਪਲ ਮਾਜਰਾ

Where is Pipal Majra?

Pipal 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 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 038871, and it covers 171 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,082 people in Pipal Majra: 581 men and 501 women, living in 217 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 171 hectares, the population density works out to about 633 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 862 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 100, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 633 people, about 59 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.48 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.68 per cent and women at 75.22 per cent. The census recorded 405 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 365 main workers, the largest group, 198, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 105 cultivators on their own land and 54 household industry workers. A further 40 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pipal Majra's land. Of the village's 171 hectares, 149 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (149 hectares). About 22 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 110 cultivators and 16 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, 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 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Pipal Majra 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 Rurkee, Chhota Makrauna, Barsalpur and Bara Makrauna.

What is the population of Pipal Majra?

The population of Pipal Majra was 1,082 at the 2011 census, living in 217 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Pipal Majra have?

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