Mansurpurਮਂਸੁਰਪੁਰ

Where is Mansurpur?

Mansurpur is a village in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Mukerian, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mukerian community development block and is served by the Mansurpur215 gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031057, and it covers 302 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,786 people in Mansurpur: 875 men and 911 women, living in 406 households, an average of about 4.4 people per household. Spread over its 302 hectares, the population density works out to about 591 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1041 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 164, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 299 people, about 17 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.17 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.32 per cent and women at 78.3 per cent. The census recorded 453 workers, about 25 per cent of the village. Of the 444 main workers, the largest group, 243, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 142 cultivators on their own land and 57 agricultural labourers. A further 9 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mansurpur's land. Of the village's 302 hectares, 261 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (170 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (91 hectares). About 38 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. With 144 cultivators and 58 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, one government middle school, one government secondary 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included 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. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Mansurpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Mukerian, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Mukerian, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mehatpur, Sherpur, Barota Urf Puro Nangal and Aima Mangat.

What is the population of Mansurpur?

The population of Mansurpur was 1,786 at the 2011 census, living in 406 households in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Mansurpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mansurpur has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office.