Mehsampur

Mehsampur
ਮਹਿਸਮਪੁਰ
Village
Mehsampur
Mehsampur

Location in Punjab, India

Coordinates: 31°01′33″N 75°30′00″E / 31.025721°N 75.5001220°E / 31.025721; 75.5001220Coordinates: 31°01′33″N 75°30′00″E / 31.025721°N 75.5001220°E / 31.025721; 75.5001220
Country  India
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Government
  Type Panchayat raj
  Body Gram panchayat
Elevation 240 m (790 ft)
Population (2011)
  Total 1,634[1]
  Sex ratio 810/824 /
Languages
  Official Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 144035
Telephone 01824
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB-08
Post Office Partappura
Website jalandhar.nic.in

Mehsampur (Punjabi: ਮਹਿਸਮਪੁਰ) is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 16 km from Nakodar, 31 km from Phillaur, 40 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 140 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[2]

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary with secondary/higher secondary school (GHS Mehsampur). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1975.[3]

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Mehsampur has a total number of 351 houses and population of 1634 of which include 810 males and 824 females. Literacy rate of Mehsampur is 77.13%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 178 which is 10.89% of total population of Mehsampur, and child sex ratio is approximately 935 higher than state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 50.80% of total population in Mehsampur. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

As per census 2011, 469 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Mehsampur which includes 412 males and 57 females. According to census survey report 2011, 86.57% workers describe their work as main work and 13.43% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1]

Transport

Partabpura railway station is the nearest train station however, Phillaur Junction train station is 30.8 km away from the village. The village is 59 km away from domestic airport in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 130 km away in Amritsar.

See also

Amar Singh Chamkila

References

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