Missarpuraਮਿੱਸਰਪੁਰਾ

Where is Missarpura?

Missarpura is a village of Batala tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Batala, about 2 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Batala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028711, and it covers 238 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,717 people in Missarpura: 906 men and 811 women, living in 337 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 238 hectares, the population density works out to about 721 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 895 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 230, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 798 people, about 46 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 73.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 77.55 per cent and women at 68.54 per cent. The census recorded 503 workers, about 29 per cent of the village. Of the 358 main workers, the largest group, 164, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 136 other workers in trade, transport and services and 52 agricultural labourers. A further 145 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Missarpura's land. Of the village's 238 hectares, 206 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (55 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (151 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 173 cultivators and 116 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 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. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Missarpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Batala, about 2 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Batala, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chahal Kalan, Chhapianwali, Chahal Khurd and Chuhewal.

What is the population of Missarpura?

The population of Missarpura was 1,717 at the 2011 census, living in 337 households in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Missarpura have?

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