Mahmudpuraਮਹਿਮੂਦਪੁਰਾ

Where is Mahmudpura?

Mahmudpura is a village of Ludhiana West tehsil in Ludhiana district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ludhiana, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ludhiana-I community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033573, and it covers 160 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 720 people in Mahmudpura: 389 men and 331 women, living in 126 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 160 hectares, the population density works out to about 450 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 851 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 56, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 190 people, about 26 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 86.45 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 87.74 per cent and women at 84.92 per cent. The census recorded 317 workers, about 44 per cent of the village. Of the 243 main workers, the largest group, 136, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 71 cultivators on their own land and 18 agricultural labourers. A further 74 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mahmudpura's land. Of the village's 160 hectares, 144 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (144 hectares). About 16 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 5 hours a day. With 75 cultivators and 28 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. 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 11 hours a day.

Getting there

Mahmudpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ludhiana, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Ludhiana West, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhandra, Alamgir, Kheri and Doleh.

What is the population of Mahmudpura?

The population of Mahmudpura was 720 at the 2011 census, living in 126 households in Ludhiana West tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Mahmudpura have?

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