Mand Faridkotਮੰਡ ਫਰਿਡਕੋਟ

Where is Mand Faridkot?

Mand Faridkot is a village in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Begowal, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nadala community development block and is served by the Nangal Lubana gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029044, and it covers 213 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 43 people in Mand Faridkot: 24 men and 19 women, living in 8 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 213 hectares, the population density works out to about 20 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 792 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 10, about 23 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 36 people, about 84 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 72.73 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 80 per cent and women at 61.54 per cent. The census recorded 9 workers, about 21 per cent of the village. Of the 8 main workers, the largest group, 4, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 4 agricultural labourers. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mand Faridkot's land. Of the village's 213 hectares, 195 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (195 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 4 cultivators and 4 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres. The village also had 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

Mand Faridkot is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Begowal, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bhulath, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mand Gurdaspur, Mand Aslampur, Mand Miani Jhadduwala and Mand Maini Bhagu Purian.

What is the population of Mand Faridkot?

The population of Mand Faridkot was 43 at the 2011 census, living in 8 households in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Mand Faridkot have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mand Faridkot has . It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.