Mehsampur () is a village in

Jalandhar district Jalandhar district is a district in Doaba region of the state of Punjab, India. The district headquarters is the city of Jalandhar. Before the Partition of India, Jalandhar was also the headquarters of the Jalandhar Division, with constituent ...

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

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, India. It is located 16 km from

Nakodar Nakodar is a town and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab (India), Punjab. The city is almost 365 km from Delhi, 25 km from Jalandhar, 49 km from Ludhiana, and about 101 km from Amritsar. S ...

, 31 km from

Phillaur Phillaur is a town and a municipal council as well as a tehsil in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab. The city is situated 20 km from Ludhiana, 45 km from Jalandhar and 140 km from Amritsar. It is situated on the border of the Doa ...

, 40 km from the district headquarters

Jalandhar Jalandhar () is a city in the state of Punjab, India, Punjab in India. With a considerable population, it ranks as the List of cities in Punjab and Chandigarh by population, third most-populous city in the state and is the largest city in the ...

and 140 km from the state capital

Chandigarh Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northern India, serving as the shared capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Situated near the foothills of the Shivalik range of Himalayas, it borders Haryana to the east and Punjab in the ...

. The village is administered by a

sarpanch A sarpanch, gram pradhan, mukhiya, or president is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the gram sabha (village government) in India. The sarpanch, together with other elected panchay ...

who is an

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of the village as per

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Education

The village has a Punjabi medium,

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upper primary with secondary/higher secondary school (GHS Mehsampur). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian

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and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1975.

Demography

According to the report

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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.

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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.

Transport

Partabpura railway station is the nearest

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however,

Junction

is 8.3 km away from the village. The village is 59 km away from

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Ludhiana Ludhiana () is the most populous Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab.164.100.161.224 http://164.100.161.224 › filesPDF Ludhiana State: Punjab Business & Industrial Centre, Tier 2 1 ... The city has an estima ...

and the nearest

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is located in Chandigarh also

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport is an international airport serving Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is located at Raja Sansi, northwest from the city centre. It is named after Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amrit ...

is the second nearest airport which is 130 km away in

Amritsar Amritsar, also known as Ambarsar, is the second-List of cities in Punjab, India by population, largest city in the India, Indian state of Punjab, India, Punjab, after Ludhiana. Located in the Majha region, it is a major cultural, transportatio ...

. Mehsampur has proposed plans of building an airport which has been submitted to Punjab Govt. If Successful airport works will begin in early 2023.

History

Singer

Amar Singh Chamkila Amar Singh Chamkila (21 July 1960 8 March 1988) was an Indian singer and musician of Punjabi music. Chamkila's vivid language, high-pitched vocals, and novel compositions accompanied by tumbi made him popular. His music was influenced by the ...

was assassinated in the village in 1988.

References

{{Jalandhar district Villages in Jalandhar district Villages in Nakodar tehsil