Meghpurਮੇਘਪੁਰ

Where is Meghpur?

Meghpur is a village in Nangal tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Puadh region, and the 2011 directory recorded Nangal, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Anandpur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038568, and it covers 186 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,418 people in Meghpur: 746 men and 672 women, living in 279 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 186 hectares, the population density works out to about 762 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 901 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 179, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 382 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 84.67 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 90.82 per cent and women at 78.25 per cent. The census recorded 386 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 358 main workers, the largest group, 321, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 28 cultivators on their own land and 8 household industry workers. A further 28 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives no net sown area figure for Meghpur, whose total area is 186 hectares. About 68 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 31 cultivators and 1 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. 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. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Meghpur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Nangal, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Nangal, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dohkli, Manakpur, Nangal Nikku and Patti.

What is the population of Meghpur?

The population of Meghpur was 1,418 at the 2011 census, living in 279 households in Nangal tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Meghpur have?

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