Mor Karima

Mor Karima (Punjabi: ਮੋਰ ਕਰੀਮਾ) is a village in Sidhwan Bet Mandal located in Ludhiana, Punjab, India. Mor Karima has a population of 1316 living in 216 households.^[1] The village is one of 3789 villages in Punjab that have a scheduled caste population of 40% and above.^[2]

Geography

The exact cartographic coordinates of Mor Karima are 30.83456, 75.60699.^[3] Other nearby villages within Sidwhan Bet Mandal are Sidhwan Bet, Abupura, Akuwal, Aliwal, Amargarh Kaler, Baghian, Bahadarke, Baniewal, Barsal, Bassian Bet, and Bhaini Araian. Mor Karima is 112 kilometers (70 mi) from Chandigarh, the capital of both Punjab and Haryana.

Archeological Findings

Medieval and terracotta artifacts from the Harappan and Kushana civilizations have been found in Mor Karima, buried two meters underground in a large area of 50,000 square meters.^[4] These artifacts are from the Mature Harappan era (2600 - 1900 BCE)at cartographic location 30.83, 75.62.^[5]

Natural Resources

Salt petre is found in Mor Karima and appears on the ground as an alkaline efflorescence in the summer months. Every seven to ten days, three to four centimeters of the ground is scraped to encourage production of salt petre. Cloudy weather and rainfall during the harvest season negatively affects salt petre production.^[6]

There are two sources of safe water in Mor Karima which provide 1.8 litres per capita per day. There is significantly less water available for villages in Mor Karima than there are in other villages such as Narangwal, whose water sources provide 39 litres per capacity per day.^[7] The Indian Government's Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme has recognized Mor Karima as having a water status of Not Covered (NC) and in need of funding to provide adequate sources of clean water.

Education

Sarkari Primary School is the only government primary school located in Mor Karmia.^[8] There is also a government medium school.^[9] Some students attend Mahant Lachhman Dass (MLD) High School, a private English and Punjabi medium school located in Talwandi Kalan, Ludhiana, Punjab.^[10]

Of the 1212 persons living in Mor Karima at the time of the 2001 India Census, 883 persons were literate; 499 men and 384 women.^[11]

Government and Infrastructure

The sarpanch of Mor Karima is Surinderpal Kaur; the panchas are Harjinder Singh, Kulwant Kaur, Malkeet Singh, Kulwant Singh, Pritam Singh, and Sarwan Singh.^[12] Mor Karima's pin/postal code is 142 023.^[13] The postal office that serves Mor Karima is Mor Karima Branch Office Post Office.^[14]

There are 63 Rural Household District Exchange Lines providing telephone services to Mor Karima.^[15] The SDCA code for Mor Karima is 1624.^[16]

Businesses

Notable Businesses include:

• Tejpal Brick Works^[17]

Nearby banking establishments include:

• State Bank of Patiala, Sidhwan Bet
• Bank of India, Pratap Singhwala
• UCO Bank, Bhundri

Notes

Coordinates: 30°50′N 75°36′E / 30.833°N 75.600°E / 30.833; 75.600