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Where is Mandiranwala?

Mandiranwala is a village of Moga tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Moga, about 18 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 033998, and it covers 708 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,249 people in Mandiranwala: 1,197 men and 1,052 women, living in 487 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 708 hectares, the population density works out to about 318 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 879 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 250, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 919 people, about 41 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.49 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.8 per cent and women at 65.54 per cent. The census recorded 1,152 workers, about 51 per cent of the village. Of the 852 main workers, the largest group, 395, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 193 agricultural labourers and 181 cultivators on their own land. A further 300 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mandiranwala's land. Of the village's 708 hectares, 635 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (635 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 212 cultivators and 209 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Mandiranwala is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Moga, about 18 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Chirak, Jhandewala, Ramuwala Kalan and Khote.

What is the population of Mandiranwala?

The population of Mandiranwala was 2,249 at the 2011 census, living in 487 households in Moga tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Mandiranwala have?

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