Mirzapurਮਿਰਜ਼ਾਪੁਰ

Where is Mirzapur?

Mirzapur is a village of Nawanshahr tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rahon, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Aur community development block and is served by the Mirja Pur gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032280, and it covers 250 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 201 people in Mirzapur: 107 men and 94 women, living in 41 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 250 hectares, the population density works out to about 80 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 879 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 25, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 69 people, about 34 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 60.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.37 per cent and women at 57.83 per cent. The census recorded 72 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 70 main workers, the largest group, 35, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 19 agricultural labourers and 16 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 2 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mirzapur's land. Of the village's 250 hectares, 232 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (232 hectares). About 18 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 35 cultivators and 20 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 ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Mirzapur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Rahon, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Nawanshahr, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Daryapur, Bairsal, Barnala Khurd and Kahlon.

What is the population of Mirzapur?

The population of Mirzapur was 201 at the 2011 census, living in 41 households in Nawanshahr tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Mirzapur have?

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