Mirpur Kalanਮੀਰਪੁਰ ਕਲਾਂ

Where is Mirpur Kalan?

Mirpur Kalan is a village of Sardulgarh tehsil in Mansa district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sardulgarh, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sardulgarh community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035968, and it covers 1,199 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 3,388 people in Mirpur Kalan: 1,795 men and 1,593 women, living in 647 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 1,199 hectares, the population density works out to about 283 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 887 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 401, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,335 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 54.57 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 63.06 per cent and women at 45.12 per cent. The census recorded 1,718 workers, about 51 per cent of the village. Of the 1,319 main workers, the largest group, 740, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 421 agricultural labourers and 129 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 399 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mirpur Kalan's land. Of the village's 1,199 hectares, 1,114 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 906 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (542 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (364 hectares). About 85 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 913 cultivators and 565 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, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. 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 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 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Mirpur Kalan is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sardulgarh, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Sardulgarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Phus Mandi, Adamke, Sadhuwala and Chotian.

What is the population of Mirpur Kalan?

The population of Mirpur Kalan was 3,388 at the 2011 census, living in 647 households in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Mirpur Kalan have?

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