Said Mubarakਸੈਡ ਮੁਬਰਕ

Where is Said Mubarak?

Said Mubarak is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Batala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028731, and it covers 140 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 857 people in Said Mubarak: 454 men and 403 women, living in 177 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 140 hectares, the population density works out to about 612 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 888 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 118, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 11 people, about 1 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.03 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.25 per cent and women at 74.36 per cent. The census recorded 212 workers, about 25 per cent of the village. Of the 202 main workers, the largest group, 98, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 74 cultivators on their own land and 17 agricultural labourers. A further 10 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Said Mubarak's land. Of the village's 140 hectares, 103 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (20 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (83 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 81 cultivators and 17 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 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. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Said Mubarak is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Batala, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chak Khasa, Dhir, Hardo Jhanda and Suniyah.

What is the population of Said Mubarak?

The population of Said Mubarak was 857 at the 2011 census, living in 177 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Said Mubarak have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Said Mubarak 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.