Mehtabpurਮੇਹਟਬਪੁਰ

Where is Mehtabpur?

Mehtabpur is a village of Garhshankar tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Garhshankar, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Garhshankar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031991, and it covers 113 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 917 people in Mehtabpur: 496 men and 421 women, living in 194 households, an average of about 4.7 people per household. Spread over its 113 hectares, the population density works out to about 812 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 849 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 86, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 486 people, about 53 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.47 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.1 per cent and women at 76.28 per cent. The census recorded 189 workers, about 21 per cent of the village. Of the 171 main workers, the largest group, 89, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 62 cultivators on their own land and 13 household industry workers. A further 18 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehtabpur's land. Of the village's 113 hectares, 100 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 99 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (99 hectares). About 13 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 13 hours a day. With 63 cultivators and 7 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre and 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 13 hours a day.

Getting there

Mehtabpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Garhshankar, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Garhshankar, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Gogon, Dugri, Bagwain and Matton.

What is the population of Mehtabpur?

The population of Mehtabpur was 917 at the 2011 census, living in 194 households in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Mehtabpur have?

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