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Where is Ude Karan?

Ude Karan is a village of Muktsar tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 1 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Muktsar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035404, and it covers 1,393 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,940 people in Ude Karan: 2,084 men and 1,856 women, living in 730 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,393 hectares, the population density works out to about 283 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 891 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 475, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,725 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.66 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.72 per cent and women at 58.99 per cent. The census recorded 1,402 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 1,252 main workers, the largest group, 532, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 392 cultivators on their own land and 302 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 150 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ude Karan's land. Of the village's 1,393 hectares, 1,200 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,200 hectares). About 193 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 395 cultivators and 597 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. 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. The village had its own post office. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ude Karan is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sri Muktsar Sahib, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Muktsar, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Charewan, Chauntra, Kotli Sangar and Mar Mallu.

What is the population of Ude Karan?

The population of Ude Karan was 3,940 at the 2011 census, living in 730 households in Muktsar tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Ude Karan have?

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