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Where is Mohamadpur Risaldarwala?

Mohamadpur Risaldarwala is a village in Sangrur tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Sangrur, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sangrur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039758, and it covers 206 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 468 people in Mohamadpur Risaldarwala: 257 men and 211 women, living in 101 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 206 hectares, the population density works out to about 227 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 821 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 36, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 178 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 78.01 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.19 per cent and women at 72 per cent. The census recorded 156 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 145 main workers, the largest group, 58, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 54 other workers in trade, transport and services and 30 agricultural labourers. A further 11 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Mohamadpur Risaldarwala's land. Of the village's 206 hectares, 206 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (195 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (11 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 6 hours a day. With 62 cultivators and 32 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.

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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Mohamadpur Risaldarwala is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Sangrur, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Sangrur, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Deh Kalan, Banganwali, Fatehgarh Chhanna and Akoi.

What is the population of Mohamadpur Risaldarwala?

The population of Mohamadpur Risaldarwala was 468 at the 2011 census, living in 101 households in Sangrur tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Mohamadpur Risaldarwala have?

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