Mehmuwal Yusafpurਮੇਹਮੂਵਾਲ ਯੁਸਫਪੁਰ

Where is Mehmuwal Yusafpur?

Mehmuwal Yusafpur is a village in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Shahkot, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Lohian Khas community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029845, and it covers 416 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 819 people in Mehmuwal Yusafpur: 403 men and 416 women, living in 156 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 416 hectares, the population density works out to about 197 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1032 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 104, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 500 people, about 61 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.17 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.64 per cent and women at 68.78 per cent. The census recorded 303 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 302 main workers, the largest group, 136, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 95 other workers in trade, transport and services and 71 cultivators on their own land. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehmuwal Yusafpur's land. Of the village's 416 hectares, 368 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (342 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (26 hectares). About 48 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 71 cultivators and 136 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mehmuwal Yusafpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Shahkot, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Shahkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhadha Daulatpur, Malupur, Malliwal and Billi Baraich.

What is the population of Mehmuwal Yusafpur?

The population of Mehmuwal Yusafpur was 819 at the 2011 census, living in 156 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Mehmuwal Yusafpur have?

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