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Mehsampur Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Mehsampur is a medium size village located in Nakodar Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 247 families residing. The Mehsampur village has population of 1287 of which 654 are males while 633 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehsampur village population of children with age 0-6 is 166 which makes up 12.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehsampur village is 968 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehsampur as per census is 1024, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Mehsampur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehsampur village was 70.92 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mehsampur Male literacy stands at 74.13 % while female literacy rate was 67.58 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mehsampur 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 Mehsampur village.

Mehsampur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,287 654 633
Child (0-6) 166 82 84
Schedule Caste 696 350 346
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.92 % 74.13 % 67.58 %
Total Workers 466 380 86
Main Worker 311 - -
Marginal Worker 155 93 62

Caste Factor

In Mehsampur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.08 % of total population in Mehsampur village. The village Mehsampur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mehsampur village out of total population, 466 were engaged in work activities. 66.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 466 workers engaged in Main Work, 103 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.