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Where is Mustfabad Saidan?

Mustfabad Saidan is a village of Gurdaspur tehsil in Gurdaspur district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Gurdaspur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028166, and it covers 181 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 806 people in Mustfabad Saidan: 413 men and 393 women, living in 152 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 181 hectares, the population density works out to about 445 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 952 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 82, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 139 people, about 17 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 81.35 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.74 per cent and women at 73.89 per cent. The census recorded 214 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 202 main workers, the largest group, 94, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 75 other workers in trade, transport and services and 25 agricultural labourers. A further 12 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mustfabad Saidan's land. Of the village's 181 hectares, 163 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 145 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (45 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (100 hectares). About 18 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 95 cultivators and 32 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 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.

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

Mustfabad Saidan is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Gurdaspur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to 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 Kala Nangal (Gurdaspur), Dewal, Waryah and Hem Rajpur.

What is the population of Mustfabad Saidan?

The population of Mustfabad Saidan was 806 at the 2011 census, living in 152 households in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Mustfabad Saidan have?

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