Musahibpurਮੁਸਹਿਬਪੁਰ

Where is Musahibpur?

Musahibpur is a village of Mukerian tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mukerian, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Mukerian community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031156, and it covers 301 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,040 people in Musahibpur: 1,005 men and 1,035 women, living in 415 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 301 hectares, the population density works out to about 678 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1030 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 213, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 442 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 88.4 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.78 per cent and women at 87.06 per cent. The census recorded 591 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 472 main workers, the largest group, 240, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 187 cultivators on their own land and 35 agricultural labourers. A further 119 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Musahibpur's land. Of the village's 301 hectares, 260 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (260 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 227 cultivators and 60 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 dispensary. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had its own post office. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Musahibpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mukerian, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Mukerian, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Talwandi Kalan, Chhanian Rai Ide Khan, Budhupur and Hoshiarpur Kalota.

What is the population of Musahibpur?

The population of Musahibpur was 2,040 at the 2011 census, living in 415 households in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Musahibpur have?

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