Mirpurਮੀਰਪੁਰ

Where is Mirpur?

Mirpur is a village in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Jagraon, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jagraon community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033780, and it covers 202 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 868 people in Mirpur: 460 men and 408 women, living in 181 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 202 hectares, the population density works out to about 430 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 887 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 105, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 308 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 82.96 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.78 per cent and women at 79.72 per cent. The census recorded 288 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 275 main workers, the largest group, 124, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 83 cultivators on their own land and 59 agricultural labourers. A further 13 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mirpur's land. Of the village's 202 hectares, 175 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (15 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (160 hectares). About 27 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 85 cultivators and 60 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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

Mirpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Jagraon, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Jagraon, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bir Gagra, Gagra (Jagraon), Bardeke and Shahid Rachhpal Singh Nagar Urf Aligarh.

What is the population of Mirpur?

The population of Mirpur was 868 at the 2011 census, living in 181 households in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Mirpur have?

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