Manpurਮਨਪੁਰ

Where is Manpur?

Manpur is a village in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Urmar Tanda, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Tanda community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030666, and it covers 112 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 475 people in Manpur: 232 men and 243 women, living in 102 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 112 hectares, the population density works out to about 424 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1047 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 41, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 165 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.65 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.15 per cent and women at 73.54 per cent. The census recorded 148 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 145 main workers, the largest group, 77, were household industry workers, ahead of 50 cultivators on their own land and 14 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Manpur's land. Of the village's 112 hectares, 103 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (103 hectares). About 8 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 51 cultivators and 4 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had 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

Manpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Urmar Tanda, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Dasua, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Shehbazpur, Talwandi Salhan, Pul Pukhta and Zahura.

What is the population of Manpur?

The population of Manpur was 475 at the 2011 census, living in 102 households in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Manpur have?

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