Mote Majraਮੋਟੇ ਮਾਜਰਾ

Where is Mote Majra?

Mote Majra is a village of SAS Nagar tehsil in SAS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Puadh region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Banur, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Kharar community development block and is served by the Mtemajra gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039209, and it covers 405 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,160 people in Mote Majra: 1,143 men and 1,017 women, living in 424 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 405 hectares, the population density works out to about 533 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 230, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 310 people, about 14 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.44 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.33 per cent and women at 78.09 per cent. The census recorded 638 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 622 main workers, the largest group, 465, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 119 cultivators on their own land and 27 agricultural labourers. A further 16 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mote Majra's land. Of the village's 405 hectares, 360 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (360 hectares). About 39 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 122 cultivators and 28 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mote Majra is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Banur, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. SAS Nagar, the tehsil headquarters, and Mohali, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Tangauri, Mindha Majra, Sekhan Majra and Giga Majra.

What is the population of Mote Majra?

The population of Mote Majra was 2,160 at the 2011 census, living in 424 households in SAS Nagar tehsil of SAS Nagar district.

What facilities does Mote Majra have?

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