Mehmunjoyaਮੇਹਮੁਂਜੋਯਾ

Where is Mehmunjoya?

Mehmunjoya is a village of Jalalabad tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jalalabad, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Guru Har Sahai community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034883, and it covers 259 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 619 people in Mehmunjoya: 334 men and 285 women, living in 109 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 259 hectares, the population density works out to about 239 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 853 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 69, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 202 people, about 33 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.45 per cent and women at 71.65 per cent. The census recorded 165 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 146 main workers, the largest group, 68, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 54 other workers in trade, transport and services and 22 agricultural labourers. A further 19 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehmunjoya's land. Of the village's 259 hectares, 241 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (241 hectares). About 18 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 69 cultivators and 35 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, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a community health centre and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mehmunjoya is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jalalabad, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jalalabad, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Barhan Bahtti, Sher Mohammad Mahigir, Tarpalke and Ghulla.

What is the population of Mehmunjoya?

The population of Mehmunjoya was 619 at the 2011 census, living in 109 households in Jalalabad tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Mehmunjoya have?

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