Ahmadpurਅਹਮਡਪੁਰ

Where is Ahmadpur?

Ahmadpur is a village in Ahmedgarh tehsil of Malerkotla district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ahmedgarh, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malerkotla-II community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039424, and it covers 756 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,812 people in Ahmadpur: 1,502 men and 1,310 women, living in 558 households, an average of about 5.0 people per household. Spread over its 756 hectares, the population density works out to about 372 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 872 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 260, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 631 people, about 22 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 71.98 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 76.23 per cent and women at 67.09 per cent. The census recorded 1,199 workers, about 43 per cent of the village. Of the 796 main workers, the largest group, 325, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 307 other workers in trade, transport and services and 137 agricultural labourers. A further 403 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ahmadpur's land. Of the village's 756 hectares, 678 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (18 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (660 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 346 cultivators and 171 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. The village had its own 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

Ahmadpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ahmedgarh, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Ahmedgarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Malerkotla town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Daryapur, Jhuner and Dulwan.

What is the population of Ahmadpur?

The population of Ahmadpur was 2,812 at the 2011 census, living in 558 households in Ahmedgarh tehsil of Malerkotla district.

What facilities does Ahmadpur have?

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