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Where is Maujo Kalan?

Maujo Kalan is a village of Mansa tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhikhi, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhikhi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036148, and it covers 90 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 393 people in Maujo Kalan: 217 men and 176 women, living in 67 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 90 hectares, the population density works out to about 437 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 811 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 47, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 102 people, about 26 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.8 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.05 per cent and women at 53.85 per cent. The census recorded 139 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 127 main workers, the largest group, 62, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 34 agricultural labourers and 31 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 12 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Maujo Kalan's land. Of the village's 90 hectares, 82 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (39 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (43 hectares). About 8 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 4 hours a day. With 62 cultivators and 46 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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

Maujo Kalan is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhikhi, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Mansa, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Alisher Kalan, Atla Kalan, Ali Sher Khurd and Bhopal.

What is the population of Maujo Kalan?

The population of Maujo Kalan was 393 at the 2011 census, living in 67 households in Mansa tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Maujo Kalan have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Maujo Kalan has an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.