Mubarakpurਮੁਬਰਕਪੁਰ

Where is Mubarakpur?

Mubarakpur is a village of Shahkot tehsil in Jalandhar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Shahkot, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nakodar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029857, and it covers 126 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 187 people in Mubarakpur: 85 men and 102 women, living in 39 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 126 hectares, the population density works out to about 148 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1200 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 16, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 0 people, about 0 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 70.76 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 73.42 per cent and women at 68.48 per cent. The census recorded 62 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 52 main workers, the largest group, 28, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 14 other workers in trade, transport and services and 10 agricultural labourers. A further 10 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mubarakpur's land. Of the village's 126 hectares, 112 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (112 hectares). About 10 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 30 cultivators and 12 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had 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 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

Mubarakpur 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 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than 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 Kular, Pandher, Naurangpur and Fatehpur.

What is the population of Mubarakpur?

The population of Mubarakpur was 187 at the 2011 census, living in 39 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Mubarakpur have?

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