Mehandpurਮਹਿੰਦਪੁਰ

Where is Mehandpur?

Mehandpur is a village in Balachaur tehsil of SBS Nagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Balachaur, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Saroya community development block and is served by the Mahind Pur gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032507, and it covers 314 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,816 people in Mehandpur: 940 men and 876 women, living in 399 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 314 hectares, the population density works out to about 578 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 932 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 209, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 785 people, about 43 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 79.15 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.03 per cent and women at 72.8 per cent. The census recorded 556 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 445 main workers, the largest group, 235, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 196 cultivators on their own land and 7 agricultural labourers. A further 111 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehandpur's land. Of the village's 314 hectares, 276 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (276 hectares). About 38 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 14 hours a day. With 199 cultivators and 17 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, 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mehandpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Balachaur, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Balachaur, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Hyatpur Rurki, Jainpur, Chhadauri and Bakapur.

What is the population of Mehandpur?

The population of Mehandpur was 1,816 at the 2011 census, living in 399 households in Balachaur tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Mehandpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Mehandpur 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.