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Where is Manunpur?

Manunpur is a village in Fatehgarh Sahib tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Sahib, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khera community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032660, and it covers 231 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,078 people in Manunpur: 557 men and 521 women, living in 218 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 231 hectares, the population density works out to about 467 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 935 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 110, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 377 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.88 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.33 per cent and women at 80.13 per cent. The census recorded 327 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 325 main workers, the largest group, 135, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 102 other workers in trade, transport and services and 87 agricultural labourers. A further 2 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Manunpur's land. Of the village's 231 hectares, 212 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (212 hectares). About 19 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 135 cultivators and 87 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Manunpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Sahib, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Fatehgarh Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mandofal, Kotla Bajwara, Bhaironpur and Mirpur.

What is the population of Manunpur?

The population of Manunpur was 1,078 at the 2011 census, living in 218 households in Fatehgarh Sahib tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Manunpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Manunpur 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.