Mazaffarpurਮਜ਼ਫਫਰਪੁਰ

Where is Mazaffarpur?

Mazaffarpur is a village of Jalandhar East tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Jalandhar, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jalandhar (East) community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 030352, and it covers 90 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 902 people in Mazaffarpur: 453 men and 449 women, living in 211 households, an average of about 4.3 people per household. Spread over its 90 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,002 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 991 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 91, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 504 people, about 56 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.46 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 89.9 per cent and women at 78.73 per cent. The census recorded 302 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 231 main workers, the largest group, 169, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 33 agricultural labourers and 23 cultivators on their own land. A further 71 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mazaffarpur's land. Of the village's 90 hectares, 78 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (78 hectares). About 12 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. The census recorded 25 cultivators and 34 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Mazaffarpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jalandhar, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Jalandhar East, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Puranpur, Patara, Bhojowal and Chandpur.

What is the population of Mazaffarpur?

The population of Mazaffarpur was 902 at the 2011 census, living in 211 households in Jalandhar East tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Mazaffarpur have?

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