Manuke, Moga district

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, 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. There are about 1,987 houses located in the village. 3,358 persons of the village belong to Scheduled Castes. The village belongs to the Malwai culture and the Malwai dialect of Punjabi is spoken by the locals.

History

The Kakar fair was held in Manuke village during the end of the traditional month of Har as per A. H. Bingley's Sikhs. 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.

Land records

Shajjra Nasb records of Manuke village from 1952–1953 have been digitized by the The [Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] via FamilySearch and are available for online viewing. These records detail land ownership pedigrees for families of the village.