Mansurpurਮਂਸੁਰਪੁਰ

Where is Mansurpur?

Mansurpur is a village of Jalandhar West tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhogpur, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Adampur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030577, and it covers 158 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 674 people in Mansurpur: 352 men and 322 women, living in 136 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 158 hectares, the population density works out to about 427 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 915 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 58, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 441 people, about 65 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 90.42 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 91.54 per cent and women at 89.23 per cent. The census recorded 232 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 151 main workers, the largest group, 76, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 47 cultivators on their own land and 21 agricultural labourers. A further 81 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 158 hectares, 147 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (147 hectares). About 11 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 70 cultivators and 44 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.

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

Mansurpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhogpur, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jalandhar West, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Malli Nangal, Badala, Jaffal Jhingar and Dhirowal.

What is the population of Mansurpur?

The population of Mansurpur was 674 at the 2011 census, living in 136 households in Jalandhar West tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Mansurpur have?

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