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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Mehsampur
| native_name = ਮਹਿਸਮਪੁਰ
| native_name_lang = pan
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.025721|N|75.5001220|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
| subdivision_type3 =
| subdivision_name3 =
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric


| elevation_m = 240
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 1634<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/30155-mehsampur-punjab.html|title=Mehsampur Population per Census 2011|work=census2011.co.in}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 810/824 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144035
| area_code_type = Telephone
| area_code = 01824
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#PB.E2.80.94Punjab|PB]]- 08
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-PB]]

| blank1_name_sec2 = Post Office
| blank1_info_sec2 = Partappura
| website = {{URL|jalandhar.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Mehsampur''' ({{lang-pa|ਮਹਿਸਮਪੁਰ}}) is a village in [[Jalandhar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|State]], India. It is located 16 km from [[Nakodar]], 31 km from [[Phillaur]], 40 km from district headquarter [[Jalandhar]] and 140 km from state capital [[Chandigarh]]. The village is [[Administration (government)|administrated]] by a [[sarpanch]] who is an [[elected representative]] of village as per [[Panchayati raj (India)]].

== Education ==
The village has a Punjabi medium, [[Co-education|co-ed]] upper primary with secondary/higher secondary school (GHS Mehsampur). The school provide [[Mid day meals|mid-day meal]] as per Indian [[Midday Meal Scheme]] and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1975.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.icbse.com/schools/ghs-mehsamur/03041003402 | title=Details Of School | work=ICBSE}}</ref>

== Demography ==
According to the report [[published]] by [[2011 Census of India|Census India in 2011]] , Mehsampur has a total number of 351 houses and population of 1634 of which include 810 males and 824 females. [[Literacy in India|Literacy]] 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 Tribes|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.<ref name=census />

== Transport ==
Partabpura railway station is the nearest [[train station]] however, [[Phillaur]] Junction [[train station]] is 30.8 km away from the village. The village is 59 km away from [[domestic airport]] in [[Ludhiana]] and the nearest [[international airport]] is located in Chandigarh also [[Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport]] is the second nearest airport which is 130 km away in [[Amritsar]].

== See also ==
[[Amar Singh Chamkila]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Jalandhar district}}


[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]
[[Category:Villages in Nakodar tehsil]]

Mehsampur - Revision history

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