Pakhoke Mehmaranਪਖੋਕੇ ਮੇਹਮਰਨ

Where is Pakhoke Mehmaran?

Pakhoke Mehmaran is a village of Dera Baba Nanak tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028967, and it covers 85 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 676 people in Pakhoke Mehmaran: 349 men and 327 women, living in 118 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 85 hectares, the population density works out to about 795 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 937 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 49, about 7 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 172 people, about 25 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.89 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 78.06 per cent and women at 67.53 per cent. The census recorded 180 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 179 main workers, the largest group, 102, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 56 agricultural labourers and 18 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Pakhoke Mehmaran's land. Of the village's 85 hectares, 72 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (72 hectares). About 13 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 102 cultivators and 57 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. 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

Pakhoke Mehmaran is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dera Baba Nanak, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bal, Veroke, Mulowali and Pokhoke Dera Baba Nanak.

What is the population of Pakhoke Mehmaran?

The population of Pakhoke Mehmaran was 676 at the 2011 census, living in 118 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Pakhoke Mehmaran have?

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