Mehmudpurਮਹਿਮੂਦਪੁਰ

Where is Mehmudpur?

Mehmudpur is a village of Bassi Pathana tehsil in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bassi Pathana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032587, and it covers 195 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 579 people in Mehmudpur: 315 men and 264 women, living in 108 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 195 hectares, the population density works out to about 297 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 838 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 49, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 194 people, about 34 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.45 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.5 per cent and women at 75.31 per cent. The census recorded 153 workers, about 26 per cent of the village. Of the 153 main workers, the largest group, 80, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 63 agricultural labourers and 7 other workers in trade, transport and services.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehmudpur's land. Of the village's 195 hectares, 183 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (183 hectares). About 12 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 80 cultivators and 63 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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

Mehmudpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Ghumandgarh, Fatehpur Raian, Gunia Majri and Shahidgarh.

What is the population of Mehmudpur?

The population of Mehmudpur was 579 at the 2011 census, living in 108 households in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Mehmudpur have?

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