Mehrajpurਮੇਹਰਜਪੁਰ

Where is Mehrajpur?

Mehrajpur is a village in Abohar tehsil of Fazilka district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Abohar, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Abohar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035212, and it covers 1,185 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,765 people in Mehrajpur: 1,449 men and 1,316 women, living in 502 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 1,185 hectares, the population density works out to about 233 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 908 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 343, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 642 people, about 23 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.32 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.96 per cent and women at 53.45 per cent. The census recorded 831 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 689 main workers, the largest group, 287, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 286 cultivators on their own land and 77 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 142 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehrajpur's land. Of the village's 1,185 hectares, 1,100 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 924 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (924 hectares). About 85 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 360 cultivators and 342 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, 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 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 its own 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mehrajpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Abohar, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Abohar, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sardarpura, Sito Gunno, Dotarianwali and Sukchain.

What is the population of Mehrajpur?

The population of Mehrajpur was 2,765 at the 2011 census, living in 502 households in Abohar tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Mehrajpur have?

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