Mahmudpuraਮਹਿਮੂਦਪੁਰਾ

Where is Mahmudpura?

Mahmudpura is a village in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Khem Karan, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Valtoha community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038121, and it covers 709 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,771 people in Mahmudpura: 1,460 men and 1,311 women, living in 472 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 709 hectares, the population density works out to about 391 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 898 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 349, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 782 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 61.52 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 65.98 per cent and women at 56.6 per cent. The census recorded 1,096 workers, about 40 per cent of the village. Of the 655 main workers, the largest group, 308, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 174 other workers in trade, transport and services and 163 agricultural labourers. A further 441 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mahmudpura's land. Of the village's 709 hectares, 599 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (599 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 339 cultivators and 361 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. 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 and a veterinary hospital. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mahmudpura is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Khem Karan, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Patti, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Amirke, Beharwal, Chima Khurd and Fatehpur.

What is the population of Mahmudpura?

The population of Mahmudpura was 2,771 at the 2011 census, living in 472 households in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Mahmudpura have?

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