Mehitpurਮੇਹਿਟਪੁਰ

Where is Mehitpur?

Mehitpur is a village in Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Hoshiarpur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Hoshiarpur-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031503, and it covers 138 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 757 people in Mehitpur: 379 men and 378 women, living in 164 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 138 hectares, the population density works out to about 549 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 997 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 62, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 232 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 86.62 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 92.24 per cent and women at 80.98 per cent. The census recorded 205 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 202 main workers, the largest group, 156, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 41 cultivators on their own land and 3 household industry workers. A further 3 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehitpur's land. Of the village's 138 hectares, 97 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (97 hectares). About 24 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. With 43 cultivators and 2 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had 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

Mehitpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Hoshiarpur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Hoshiarpur, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Balaspur, Nangal Shahidan, Bajwara and Amowal.

What is the population of Mehitpur?

The population of Mehitpur was 757 at the 2011 census, living in 164 households in Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Mehitpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mehitpur has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.