Mujaffarpuraਮੁਜਫਫਰਪੁਰਾ

Where is Mujaffarpura?

Mujaffarpura is a village in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 20 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chogawan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037218, and it covers 73 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 312 people in Mujaffarpura: 162 men and 150 women, living in 50 households, an average of about 6.2 people per household. Spread over its 73 hectares, the population density works out to about 427 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 926 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 49, about 16 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 307 people, about 98 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 18.25 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 30.3 per cent and women at 6.11 per cent. The census recorded 82 workers, about 26 per cent of the village. Of the 78 main workers, the largest group, 69, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 9 cultivators on their own land. A further 4 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mujaffarpura's land. Of the village's 73 hectares, 63 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (63 hectares). About 10 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 9 cultivators and 72 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mujaffarpura is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Raja Sansi, about 20 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Lopoke, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chuchakwal, Awanlakha Singh and Mudh Bhillowal.

What is the population of Mujaffarpura?

The population of Mujaffarpura was 312 at the 2011 census, living in 50 households in Lopoke tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Mujaffarpura have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mujaffarpura has a government primary school. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.