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Mehmedpur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Mehmedpur is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 82 families residing. The Mehmedpur village has population of 418 of which 215 are males while 203 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehmedpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 10.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehmedpur village is 944 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehmedpur as per census is 536, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Mehmedpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehmedpur village was 82.67 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mehmedpur Male literacy stands at 90.37 % while female literacy rate was 75.00 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mehmedpur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Mehmedpur village.

Mehmedpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 418 215 203
Child (0-6) 43 28 15
Schedule Caste 117 59 58
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.67 % 90.37 % 75.00 %
Total Workers 213 134 79
Main Worker 130 - -
Marginal Worker 83 15 68

Caste Factor

Mehmedpur village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.99 % of total population in Mehmedpur village. The village Mehmedpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mehmedpur village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 61.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 79 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 32 were Agricultural labourer.