Said Mohamadਸੈਡ ਮੋਹਮਡ

Where is Said Mohamad?

Said Mohamad is a village of Dharamkot tehsil in Moga district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dharamkot, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dharamkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 034178, and it covers 295 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 800 people in Said Mohamad: 444 men and 356 women, living in 141 households, an average of about 5.7 people per household. Spread over its 295 hectares, the population density works out to about 271 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 802 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 105, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 169 people, about 21 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.06 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.34 per cent and women at 61.8 per cent. The census recorded 299 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 292 main workers, the largest group, 138, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 96 cultivators on their own land and 52 agricultural labourers. A further 7 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Said Mohamad's land. Of the village's 295 hectares, 275 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (187 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (88 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 100 cultivators and 52 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health centre. 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

Said Mohamad is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Dharamkot, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dharamkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Moga city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dholewala, Ramgarh, Sherpur Taiban and Dharam Singhwala.

What is the population of Said Mohamad?

The population of Said Mohamad was 800 at the 2011 census, living in 141 households in Dharamkot tehsil of Moga district.

What facilities does Said Mohamad have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Said Mohamad has a government primary school and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.