Ahmadpurਅਹਿਮਦਪੁਰ

Where is Ahmadpur?

Ahmadpur is a village of Budhlada tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Budhlada, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Budhlada community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036052, and it covers 1,650 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,975 people in Ahmadpur: 2,632 men and 2,343 women, living in 961 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,650 hectares, the population density works out to about 302 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 549, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,972 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.89 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.03 per cent and women at 51.15 per cent. The census recorded 2,599 workers, about 52 per cent of the village. Of the 1,523 main workers, the largest group, 602, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 564 other workers in trade, transport and services and 337 agricultural labourers. A further 1,076 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 1,650 hectares, 1,470 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 1,106 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,026 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (80 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 13 hours a day. With 1,069 cultivators and 841 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre 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, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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 Budhlada, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Budhlada, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Piplian, Barah, Ramgarh and Phuluwala Dogran.

What is the population of Ahmadpur?

The population of Ahmadpur was 4,975 at the 2011 census, living in 961 households in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Ahmadpur have?

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