Mira, Sultanpur Lodhi

Mira
Village
Mira
Location in Punjab, India
Mira
Mira (India)
Coordinates: 31°15′26″N 75°12′15″E / 31.257115°N 75.204147°E / 31.257115; 75.204147Coordinates: 31°15′26″N 75°12′15″E / 31.257115°N 75.204147°E / 31.257115; 75.204147
Country  India
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Government
  Type Panchayati raj (India)
  Body Gram panchayat
Languages
  Official Punjabi
  Other spoken Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 144620
Telephone code 01822
ISO 3166 code IN-PB
Vehicle registration PB-09
Website kapurthala.gov.in

Mira is a village in Sultanpur Lodhi tehsil in Kapurthala district of Punjab, India. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the city of Sultanpur Lodhi, 25 kilometres (16 mi) away from district headquarter Kapurthala. The village is administrated by a Sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per the constitution of India and Panchayati raj (India).

Demography

According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Mira has 60 houses with the total population of 287 persons of which 141 are male and 146 females. Literacy rate of Mira is 66.67%, lower than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 38 which is 13.24% of the total population. Child sex ratio is approximately 1923, higher than the state average of 846.[1]

Population data

ParticularsTotalMaleFemale
Total No. of Houses60--
Population287141146
Child (0-6)381325
Schedule Caste1336568
Schedule Tribe000
Literacy66.67 %70.31 %62.81 %
Total Workers998118
Main Worker9400
Marginal Worker532

Work Profile

In Mira village out of total population, 99 were engaged in work activities. 94.95% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.05% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 99 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.

Caste

In Mira village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.34% of total population in Mira village. The village Mira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

References

  1. "Mira". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 5 August 2016.

List of cities near the village

Air travel connectivity

The closest International airport to the village is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport.


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