Mohamadpuraਮੋਹਮਡਪੁਰਾ

Where is Mohamadpura?

Mohamadpura is a village of Amargarh tehsil in Malerkotla district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Malerkotla, about 17 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malerkotla-I community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039513, and it covers 267 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 413 people in Mohamadpura: 219 men and 194 women, living in 84 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 267 hectares, the population density works out to about 155 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 886 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 32, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 8 people, about 2 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.28 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.08 per cent and women at 64.44 per cent. The census recorded 113 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 113 main workers, the largest group, 64, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 41 agricultural labourers and 8 other workers in trade, transport and services.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mohamadpura's land. Of the village's 267 hectares, 251 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (37 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (214 hectares). About 16 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 64 cultivators and 41 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Mohamadpura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Malerkotla, about 17 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Amargarh, the tehsil headquarters, and Malerkotla town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chaproda, Nangal, Bathan and Raipur.

What is the population of Mohamadpura?

The population of Mohamadpura was 413 at the 2011 census, living in 84 households in Amargarh tehsil of Malerkotla district.

What facilities does Mohamadpura have?

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