Mand Gurdaspurਮੰਡ ਗੁਰਡਸਪੁਰ

Where is Mand Gurdaspur?

Mand Gurdaspur is a village of Bhulath tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Begowal, about 12 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 029043, and it covers 70 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 45 people in Mand Gurdaspur: 25 men and 20 women, living in 9 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 70 hectares, the population density works out to about 64 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 800 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 13, about 29 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 36 people, about 80 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 53.12 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 57.89 per cent and women at 46.15 per cent. The census recorded 13 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 13 main workers, the largest group, 7, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 4 agricultural labourers and 2 other workers in trade, transport and services.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mand Gurdaspur's land. Of the village's 70 hectares, 67 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (67 hectares). About 3 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 7 cultivators and 4 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. 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 and an internet common service centre. 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 Gurdaspur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Begowal, about 12 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 Miani Jhadduwala, Mand Faridkot, Mand Sardar Sahibwala and Mand Aslampur.

What is the population of Mand Gurdaspur?

The population of Mand Gurdaspur was 45 at the 2011 census, living in 9 households in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Mand Gurdaspur have?

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