Mehdipurਮੇਹਡੀਪੁਰ

Where is Mehdipur?

Mehdipur is a village of Patti tehsil in Tarn Taran district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Khem Karan, about 6 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 038109, and it covers 1,814 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 4,282 people in Mehdipur: 2,300 men and 1,982 women, living in 768 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 1,814 hectares, the population density works out to about 236 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 862 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 499, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,320 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 51.07 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 55.28 per cent and women at 46.31 per cent. The census recorded 1,612 workers, about 38 per cent of the village. Of the 1,505 main workers, the largest group, 853, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 299 agricultural labourers and 237 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 107 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mehdipur's land. Of the village's 1,814 hectares, 1,674 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (1,674 hectares). About 140 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. With 892 cultivators and 315 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 anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own 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

Mehdipur is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Khem Karan, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Patti, the tehsil headquarters, and Tarn Taran town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mianwala and Machhike.

What is the population of Mehdipur?

The population of Mehdipur was 4,282 at the 2011 census, living in 768 households in Patti tehsil of Tarn Taran district.

What facilities does Mehdipur have?

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