Mubarakpurਮੁਬਰਕਪੁਰ

Where is Mubarakpur?

Mubarakpur is a village in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Machhiwara, about 10 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Machhiwara community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 033031, and it covers 186 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 588 people in Mubarakpur: 308 men and 280 women, living in 102 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 186 hectares, the population density works out to about 316 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 909 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 76, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 39 people, about 7 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.5 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.66 per cent and women at 54.15 per cent. The census recorded 120 workers, about 20 per cent of the village. Of the 119 main workers, the largest group, 89, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 23 other workers in trade, transport and services and 4 agricultural labourers. A further 1 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 186 hectares, 175 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (175 hectares). About 11 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 89 cultivators and 4 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 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.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mubarakpur is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Machhiwara, about 10 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Samrala, the tehsil headquarters, and Ludhiana city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sukhewal, Rajewal Rajputtan, Burj Sherpur and Rajewal Jattan.

What is the population of Mubarakpur?

The population of Mubarakpur was 588 at the 2011 census, living in 102 households in Samrala tehsil of Ludhiana district.

What facilities does Mubarakpur have?

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