Manan is a village in
Kapurthala district
Kapurthala district is a district of Punjab state in northern India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters.
Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people ...
of
Punjab
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, India. It is located from
Kapurthala
Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent build ...
, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Manan. The village is
administrated by a
Sarpanch
A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...
who is an
elected representative
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.
Demography
According to the
2011 Census of India
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, Manan had 113 houses with a total population of 585 persons, of which 268 were male and 317 females. The
Literacy rate
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was 69.31%, lower than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years was 67, being 11.45% of the total population. The child sex ratio was approximately 1310, higher than the state average of 846.
Population data
References
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Villages in Kapurthala
Villages in Kapurthala district
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