Mehnaਮੇਹਨਾ

Where is Mehna?

Mehna is a village of Malout tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Dabwali, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Lambi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035309, and it covers 2,297 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,072 people in Mehna: 2,655 men and 2,417 women, living in 934 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 2,297 hectares, the population density works out to about 221 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 910 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 640, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 2,957 people, about 58 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.55 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 62.45 per cent and women at 47.91 per cent. The census recorded 2,035 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 1,783 main workers, the largest group, 1,017, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 393 other workers in trade, transport and services and 366 cultivators on their own land. A further 252 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehna's land. Of the village's 2,297 hectares, 2,132 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (2,132 hectares). About 50 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 369 cultivators and 1,245 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre and a dispensary. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. The village had a sub post office. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Mehna is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dabwali, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Malout, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Singhewala, Mithri Budhgir, Fatuhiwala and Gaggar.

What is the population of Mehna?

The population of Mehna was 5,072 at the 2011 census, living in 934 households in Malout tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Mehna have?

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