Maqsudpurਮਕਸੁਡਪੁਰ

Where is Maqsudpur?

Maqsudpur 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 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nadala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029024, and it covers 570 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,717 people in Maqsudpur: 1,335 men and 1,382 women, living in 638 households, an average of about 4.3 people per household. Spread over its 570 hectares, the population density works out to about 477 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1035 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 256, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 223 people, about 8 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.5 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.75 per cent and women at 74.69 per cent. The census recorded 556 workers, about 20 per cent of the village. Of the 467 main workers, the largest group, 281, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 147 cultivators on their own land and 31 agricultural labourers. A further 89 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Maqsudpur's land. Of the village's 570 hectares, 531 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (531 hectares). About 39 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 162 cultivators and 38 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. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Maqsudpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Begowal, about 6 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 Bhadas, Ibrahimwal Tarf Arshad Khan, Bagwanpur and Mand Talwandi Kuka.

What is the population of Maqsudpur?

The population of Maqsudpur was 2,717 at the 2011 census, living in 638 households in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Maqsudpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Maqsudpur has government schools from primary to secondary school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.