Malpur (121)ਮਲਪੁਰ

Where is Malpur?

Malpur is a village of Nawanshahr tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Nawansahar, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Nawanshahr community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032092, and it covers 135 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,751 people in Malpur: 872 men and 879 women, living in 380 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 135 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,297 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1008 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 162, about 9 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 917 people, about 52 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.11 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.23 per cent and women at 76.14 per cent. The census recorded 475 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 458 main workers, the largest group, 181, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 140 other workers in trade, transport and services and 137 cultivators on their own land. A further 17 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Malpur's land. Of the village's 135 hectares, 111 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (8 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (103 hectares). About 24 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 137 cultivators and 183 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had a sub post office. 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

Malpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Nawansahar, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Nawanshahr, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kariha, Jabbowal, Amargarh and Bhin.

What is the population of Malpur?

The population of Malpur was 1,751 at the 2011 census, living in 380 households in Nawanshahr tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Malpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Malpur has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.