Muhar Jamsherਮੁਹਰ ਜਂਸ਼ੇਰ

Where is Muhar Jamsher?

Muhar Jamsher is a village of Fazilka tehsil in Fazilka district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Fazilka, about 16 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Fazilka community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035050, and it covers 549 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 869 people in Muhar Jamsher: 435 men and 434 women, living in 142 households, an average of about 6.1 people per household. Spread over its 549 hectares, the population density works out to about 158 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 998 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 146, about 17 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 858 people, about 99 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 46.89 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 52.46 per cent and women at 41.18 per cent. The census recorded 521 workers, about 60 per cent of the village. Of the 217 main workers, the largest group, 164, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 46 other workers in trade, transport and services and 7 agricultural labourers. A further 304 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Muhar Jamsher's land. Of the village's 549 hectares, 461 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (461 hectares). About 80 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 451 cultivators and 18 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Muhar Jamsher is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was more than ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Fazilka, about 16 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Fazilka, the tehsil headquarters, and Fazilka town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Muhar Khiwa, Muhar Sona Urf Nakike, Rohela Teje Ka and Muazzam.

What is the population of Muhar Jamsher?

The population of Muhar Jamsher was 869 at the 2011 census, living in 142 households in Fazilka tehsil of Fazilka district.

What facilities does Muhar Jamsher have?

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