Mukrampurਮੁਕਰਮਪੁਰ

Where is Mukrampur?

Mukrampur is a village of Bassi Pathana tehsil in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sirhind Fatehgarh Sahib, about 13 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 032553, and it covers 169 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 614 people in Mukrampur: 320 men and 294 women, living in 111 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 169 hectares, the population density works out to about 363 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 919 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 65, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 181 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.97 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 90.72 per cent and women at 76.36 per cent. The census recorded 206 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 199 main workers, the largest group, 73, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 61 other workers in trade, transport and services and 50 agricultural labourers. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mukrampur's land. Of the village's 169 hectares, 153 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (153 hectares). About 16 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 74 cultivators and 50 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 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. The village had a sub post office. 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 10 hours a day.

Getting there

Mukrampur is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sirhind Fatehgarh Sahib, about 13 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 Kalemajra, Mehmadpur, Ghel and Gadhera.

What is the population of Mukrampur?

The population of Mukrampur was 614 at the 2011 census, living in 111 households in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Mukrampur have?

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