Miraਮਿਰਾ

Where is Mira?

Mira is a village of Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sultanpur Lodhi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029422, and it covers 257 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 287 people in Mira: 141 men and 146 women, living in 60 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 257 hectares, the population density works out to about 112 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1035 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 38, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 133 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 66.67 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.31 per cent and women at 62.81 per cent. The census recorded 99 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 94 main workers, the largest group, 42, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 34 other workers in trade, transport and services and 16 cultivators on their own land. A further 5 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mira's land. Of the village's 257 hectares, 236 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (236 hectares). About 20 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 16 cultivators and 45 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 ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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

Mira is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Sultanpur Lodhi, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Sultanpur Lodhi, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Wadhail Khuda Bakhashwala, Sarai Jattan, Khokhar Kadim Jadid and Ucha.

What is the population of Mira?

The population of Mira was 287 at the 2011 census, living in 60 households in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Mira have?

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