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Where is Madoke?

Madoke is a village of Moga tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 19 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Moga-I community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034020, and it covers 569 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,823 people in Madoke: 1,497 men and 1,326 women, living in 563 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 569 hectares, the population density works out to about 496 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 886 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 295, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,391 people, about 49 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.57 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.37 per cent and women at 66.27 per cent. The census recorded 904 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 891 main workers, the largest group, 502, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 260 cultivators on their own land and 129 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 13 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Madoke's land. Of the village's 569 hectares, 508 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (306 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (202 hectares). About 61 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 261 cultivators and 510 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Madoke is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Moga, about 19 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Moga, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Takhanwad, Dhudike, Dhurkot Charat Singh and Chuharchak.

What is the population of Madoke?

The population of Madoke was 2,823 at the 2011 census, living in 563 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Madoke have?

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