Maneke Jandਮਨੇਕੇ ਜਂਡ

Where is Maneke Jand?

Maneke Jand is a village of Patti tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Khem Karan, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Valtoha community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038135, and it covers 1,523 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,765 people in Maneke Jand: 2,008 men and 1,757 women, living in 603 households, an average of about 6.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,523 hectares, the population density works out to about 247 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 875 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 445, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 970 people, about 26 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 58.92 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.02 per cent and women at 52.02 per cent. The census recorded 1,233 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 1,025 main workers, the largest group, 730, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 232 agricultural labourers and 50 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 208 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Maneke Jand's land. Of the village's 1,523 hectares, 1,356 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (1,356 hectares). About 151 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 772 cultivators and 339 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 2 government primary schools 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. 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

Maneke Jand is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Khem Karan, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Patti, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dassuwal, Ram Khara, Bahadhar Nagar and Warnala.

What is the population of Maneke Jand?

The population of Maneke Jand was 3,765 at the 2011 census, living in 603 households in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Maneke Jand have?

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