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Where is Manepur?

Manepur is a village in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dhariwal community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028308, and it covers 175 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 663 people in Manepur: 347 men and 316 women, living in 118 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 175 hectares, the population density works out to about 379 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 64, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 87 people, about 13 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.8 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 84.47 per cent and women at 76.9 per cent. The census recorded 220 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 218 main workers, the largest group, 96, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 77 cultivators on their own land and 44 agricultural labourers. A further 2 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Manepur's land. Of the village's 175 hectares, 173 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (143 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (30 hectares). About 2 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 77 cultivators and 45 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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

Manepur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Gurdaspur, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Babri Nangal, Sujanpur, Mahan Dev Kalan and Mali Samrai.

What is the population of Manepur?

The population of Manepur was 663 at the 2011 census, living in 118 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Manepur have?

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