Mehmadpurਮਹਿਮਦਪੁਰ

Where is Mehmadpur?

Mehmadpur is a village of Patiala tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Patiala, about 18 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Patiala community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036580, and it covers 244 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 821 people in Mehmadpur: 435 men and 386 women, living in 159 households, an average of about 5.2 people per household. Spread over its 244 hectares, the population density works out to about 336 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 887 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 86, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 252 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 69.93 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 74.74 per cent and women at 64.67 per cent. The census recorded 295 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 290 main workers, the largest group, 145, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 91 agricultural labourers and 54 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 5 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehmadpur's land. Of the village's 244 hectares, 176 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (25 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (151 hectares). About 68 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 147 cultivators and 93 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. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mehmadpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Patiala, about 18 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Patiala, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chuharpur Marasian, Sheikhupur, Barsat and Sultanpur.

What is the population of Mehmadpur?

The population of Mehmadpur was 821 at the 2011 census, living in 159 households in Patiala tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Mehmadpur have?

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