Mandela Bara is a small village 6 km from Fatehpur, Shekhawati (District: Sikar) on Fatehpur-Salasar road. Access to nearby town, Fatehpur, is good and transportation means are adequate.
Map of Mandela Chhota, Rajasthan 332301
Population of the village is around 2000 comprising two religions, Hindus and Muslims, with almost half population of each. There is remarkable level of religious harmony between the two religious groups and it is quite common that these two groups celebrate festivals with each other. Hindu families belong to mostly SHEKHAWAT-RAJPUT community with different gotras such as Raujika Shekhawat, Bhojraj jika Shekhawat and others.
The majority in this villages are of Rajputs (Great Shekhawat - Rajput).
The Shekhawat families are very brave, helpful to each other, and having moral nature, also they are ready to secrifice their lives for any human beings of any caste or cread.
The women of the Shekhawat - Rajput are lives in PARDA only, no one is allowed to go outside the house without permission of the bujurg, also they have to lives in some family limitations, also they have to leave inside the house and have to do the cooking work only, other works is done by other caste people.
They belongs to the family of Maharaja (King) Ganga Singh Shekhawat of Jaipur Riyasat.
Villagers are mostly farmers but lately they are shifting to service and trade related occupations. A large segment of working people work in Arab counties.
The village has two primary schools. There is also senior secondary level school in Mandela Bara, Just 200 meter from the village. Mandeal Bara is its sister village and distance between the two is merely 100 meter.
Here summers are hot and arid with temperatures reaching as high as 50C. In these times, sand storms and hot dry winds, called Loo, are common phenomena. In months of May and June, Loo becomes unbearable and may cause heatstroke. Rainfall is scanty and so is vegetation. Landscape consists bare sand dunes and scanty bushes. Winters are severe cold with minimum temperature falling to 0C in January. The crops grown are mainly Bajra, Mung, Moth, Til and Gawar. Famines occur frequently.