Mehmadpurਮਹਿਮਦਪੁਰ

Where is Mehmadpur?

Mehmadpur is a village in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Fatehgarh Sahib, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Khera community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032554, and it covers 213 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,535 people in Mehmadpur: 808 men and 727 women, living in 261 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 213 hectares, the population density works out to about 721 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 900 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 153, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 313 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.69 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.69 per cent and women at 78.39 per cent. The census recorded 905 workers, about 59 per cent of the village. Of the 868 main workers, the largest group, 430, were household industry workers, ahead of 221 other workers in trade, transport and services and 153 cultivators on their own land. A further 37 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehmadpur's land. Of the village's 213 hectares, 189 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (17 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (172 hectares). About 24 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 157 cultivators and 68 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had a PDS ration shop and mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mehmadpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Fatehgarh Sahib, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bassi Pathana, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mukrampur, Gadhera, Kalemajra and Dadiana.

What is the population of Mehmadpur?

The population of Mehmadpur was 1,535 at the 2011 census, living in 261 households in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Mehmadpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mehmadpur has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.