Mubarakpurਮੁਬਰਕਪੁਰ

Where is Mubarakpur?

Mubarakpur is a village of Bhulath tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Bhulath, about 3 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 029020, and it covers 195 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 675 people in Mubarakpur: 338 men and 337 women, living in 151 households, an average of about 4.5 people per household. Spread over its 195 hectares, the population density works out to about 346 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 997 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 65, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 297 people, about 44 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.79 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 86.47 per cent and women at 79.15 per cent. The census recorded 163 workers, about 24 per cent of the village. Of the 156 main workers, the largest group, 90, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 43 agricultural labourers and 21 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mubarakpur's land. Of the village's 195 hectares, 187 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (187 hectares). About 8 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 93 cultivators and 44 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. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village had a sub post office. 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

Mubarakpur 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 3 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 Raipur Peerbakhshwala, Sidhwan Bet, Miranpur and Bagwanpur.

What is the population of Mubarakpur?

The population of Mubarakpur was 675 at the 2011 census, living in 151 households in Bhulath tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Mubarakpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mubarakpur has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.