The Mehmadpur

The Mehmadpur

Mehmadpur
The Mehmadpur Mehmadpur
village
Population (2012)
• Total	2,000

Mehmadpur is a village on the banks of the Yamuna River, off the Grand Trunk Road that runs from Amritsar to Delhi and further on to Kolkata.

Overview

Mehmadpur is a village in Distt. Karnal, India. It is located 13 km from Karnal, the village has a history of more than 200 years and was also known as Mahadevpur. It is a big village with a population of over 2000. There are two schools, two Choupals and a Shiv Mandir in the village.

The main profession of people is agriculture. Most of the agricultural land is owned by RORs. The soil is alluvial in nature and the Yamuna River is not too far. Thus, irrigation is not an issue for the farmers and they are easily able to harvest more than two crops a year. The literacy rate is more than 70%, and few people are in government jobs. In this village Ror community is large in strength but you will found there around 8 communities. The population mainly consists of Hindus only mainly RORs along with Brahmin and Dalits.

The village has its own Panchayat which was recently elected. This consists of nine Panchayat members and a Sarpanch, current Sarpanch of the village is Mrs. Bala. Few years back it was lacking all the basic needs but it has shown a good development progress from the last plan by the former Sarpanch Mr. Sohan Singh. Now the village has all basic facilities like good transportation links, good water supply, clean streets with street lights and has a Govt High School which was established in 1954 was the only High School in the nearby area & apart from this, the village also has a Senior Secondary School which is the only Senior Secondary School where students comes from several nearby villages.

Also, the village has a Co-Operative Society, a distribution point of seeds, pesticides and fertilizers to the farmers of the nearby villages.

This village has also shown progress in education, students have started to go abroad for higher studies.