Pir Mohamadਪੀਰ ਮੋਹਮਡ

Where is Pir Mohamad?

Pir Mohamad is a village of Zira tehsil in Ferozepur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Makhu, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Makhu community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034252, and it covers 597 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,392 people in Pir Mohamad: 1,218 men and 1,174 women, living in 415 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 597 hectares, the population density works out to about 400 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 964 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 291, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,225 people, about 51 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.06 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 71.36 per cent and women at 58.59 per cent. The census recorded 698 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 512 main workers, the largest group, 291, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 143 other workers in trade, transport and services and 71 agricultural labourers. A further 186 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pir Mohamad's land. Of the village's 597 hectares, 551 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (94 hectares). About 47 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 306 cultivators and 208 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Pir Mohamad is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Makhu, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Wariswala Jattan, Aminwala, Mubarewala and Nangal.

What is the population of Pir Mohamad?

The population of Pir Mohamad was 2,392 at the 2011 census, living in 415 households in Zira tehsil of Ferozepur district.

What facilities does Pir Mohamad have?

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