Mustafabadਮੁਸਟਫਆਬਾਦ

Where is Mustafabad?

Mustafabad is a village of Kapurthala tehsil in Kapurthala district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dhilwan, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhilwan community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029121, and it covers 114 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 883 people in Mustafabad: 462 men and 421 women, living in 203 households, an average of about 4.3 people per household. Spread over its 114 hectares, the population density works out to about 775 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 92, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 123 people, about 14 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.81 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.35 per cent and women at 77.69 per cent. The census recorded 308 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 289 main workers, the largest group, 138, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 122 other workers in trade, transport and services and 19 agricultural labourers. A further 19 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mustafabad's land. Of the village's 114 hectares, 114 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (114 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 138 cultivators and 24 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 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included an allopathic hospital and a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mustafabad is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dhilwan, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Kapurthala, the tehsil headquarters, and Kapurthala town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Tajpur, Hamira, Ramidi and Murar.

What is the population of Mustafabad?

The population of Mustafabad was 883 at the 2011 census, living in 203 households in Kapurthala tehsil of Kapurthala district.

What facilities does Mustafabad have?

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