Mauharਮੌਹਰ

Where is Mauhar?

Mauhar is a village of Balachaur tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Balachaur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Balachaur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032451, and it covers 303 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 743 people in Mauhar: 382 men and 361 women, living in 152 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 303 hectares, the population density works out to about 245 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 945 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 73, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 423 people, about 57 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.21 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.54 per cent and women at 68.77 per cent. The census recorded 224 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 214 main workers, the largest group, 101, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 86 other workers in trade, transport and services and 26 cultivators on their own land. A further 10 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mauhar's land. Of the village's 303 hectares, 259 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (259 hectares). About 44 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. The census recorded 26 cultivators and 105 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 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 human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Mauhar is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Balachaur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Balachaur, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhaktana, Madhiani, Akliana and Jagatpur.

What is the population of Mauhar?

The population of Mauhar was 743 at the 2011 census, living in 152 households in Balachaur tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Mauhar have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mauhar 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.