Mansurpur Devaਮਂਸੁਰਪੁਰ ਦੇਵਾ

Where is Mansurpur Deva?

Mansurpur Deva is a village of Zira tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Zira, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Zira community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034415, and it covers 706 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,665 people in Mansurpur Deva: 1,392 men and 1,273 women, living in 492 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 706 hectares, the population density works out to about 377 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 915 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 242, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 568 people, about 21 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.31 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.02 per cent and women at 70.46 per cent. The census recorded 956 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 884 main workers, the largest group, 443, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 397 cultivators on their own land and 40 agricultural labourers. A further 72 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mansurpur Deva's land. Of the village's 706 hectares, 635 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (355 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (280 hectares). About 1 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 399 cultivators and 41 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 and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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 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

Mansurpur Deva is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Zira, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Zira, the tehsil headquarters, and Ferozepur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sunehar, Ratoul Bet, Mansurwal and Sher Singhwala.

What is the population of Mansurpur Deva?

The population of Mansurpur Deva was 2,665 at the 2011 census, living in 492 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Mansurpur Deva have?

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