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Where is Manhala Jai Singh?

Manhala Jai Singh is a village in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Patti, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patti community development block and is served by the Manhala Jai Singh gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038159, and it covers 671 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,172 people in Manhala Jai Singh: 1,699 men and 1,473 women, living in 589 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 671 hectares, the population density works out to about 473 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 867 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 406, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,224 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.08 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.56 per cent and women at 60.68 per cent. The census recorded 961 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 762 main workers, the largest group, 329, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 302 other workers in trade, transport and services and 89 agricultural labourers. A further 199 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Manhala Jai Singh's land. Of the village's 671 hectares, 596 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (596 hectares). About 72 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 349 cultivators and 225 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop. 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Manhala Jai Singh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Patti, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Patti, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Theh Chahal, Manakpura, Kacha Pakka and Akbarpura.

What is the population of Manhala Jai Singh?

The population of Manhala Jai Singh was 3,172 at the 2011 census, living in 589 households in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Manhala Jai Singh have?

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