Manuke, Moga district
Village located in Punjab, India
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Manuke, alternatively spelt as Manooke or Manuki, is a village situated in the Nihal Singhwala tehsil of the Moga district of the state of Punjab, India. It is located approximately 9 km away from the sub-district headquarter of Nihal Singhwala (tehsildar office), and 28 km south away from Moga, the eponymous city of the district. The total literacy rate of Manooke is 64.79%, out of which the individual literacy values by sex are 67.26% for males and 61.99% for females of the locality.[when?][citation needed] There are about 1,987 houses located in the village. 3,358 persons of the village belong to Scheduled Castes.[2] The village belongs to the Malwai culture and the Malwai dialect of Punjabi is spoken by the locals.[3]
History
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The Kakar fair was held in Manuke village during the end of the traditional month of Har (June-July) as per A. H. Bingley's Sikhs (1899).[4] During World War I, at-least ninety-five local men of Manuke served in the British Indian Army during the war, with at-least two dying during it.[5]
Land records
Shajjra Nasb (also known as Kursee Nama[note 1]) records of Manuke village from 1952–1953 have been digitized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints via FamilySearch and are available for online viewing.[6] These records detail land ownership pedigrees for families of the village.[7][8]
Notes
- Kursee Nama is also spelt as 'Kurseenama' or 'Kursinama'.
