Mehmadpurਮੇਹਮਡਪੁਰ

Where is Mehmadpur?

Mehmadpur is a village of Bhulath tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhulath, about 7 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 029090, and it covers 86 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 641 people in Mehmadpur: 299 men and 342 women, living in 162 households, an average of about 4.0 people per household. Spread over its 86 hectares, the population density works out to about 745 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1144 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 64, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 9 people, about 1 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.94 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.61 per cent and women at 77 per cent. The census recorded 110 workers, about 17 per cent of the village. Of the 29 main workers, the largest group, 23, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 3 cultivators on their own land and 2 household industry workers. A further 81 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehmadpur's land. Of the village's 86 hectares, 79 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (79 hectares). About 7 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 9 cultivators and 17 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. 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

Mehmadpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhulath, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Musa Khail, Shadipur, Surak and Ramgarh.

What is the population of Mehmadpur?

The population of Mehmadpur was 641 at the 2011 census, living in 162 households in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Mehmadpur have?

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