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Where is Chakerian?

Chakerian is a village of Mansa tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mansa, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mansa community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036092, and it covers 763 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,622 people in Chakerian: 1,394 men and 1,228 women, living in 535 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 763 hectares, the population density works out to about 344 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 881 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 306, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,342 people, about 51 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.64 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 63.88 per cent and women at 50.81 per cent. The census recorded 972 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 742 main workers, the largest group, 305, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 225 cultivators on their own land and 210 agricultural labourers. A further 230 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chakerian's land. Of the village's 763 hectares, 689 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (689 hectares). About 74 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 13 hours a day. The census recorded 233 cultivators and 236 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Chakerian is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mansa, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Mansa, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Khilian, Narenderpura Urf Baglianwali, Fafre Bhaike and Khara.

What is the population of Chakerian?

The population of Chakerian was 2,622 at the 2011 census, living in 535 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Chakerian have?

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