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Mehmadpur, Karnal

Coordinates: 29°43′11″N 77°05′44″E / 29.719607°N 77.095528°E / 29.719607; 77.095528
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Mehmadpur
Village
Govt. School's Play Ground
Govt. School's Play Ground
Mehmadpur is located in Haryana
Mehmadpur
Mehmadpur
Mehmadpur is located in India
Mehmadpur
Mehmadpur
Coordinates: 29°43′11″N 77°05′44″E / 29.719607°N 77.095528°E / 29.719607; 77.095528
CountryIndia
StateHaryana
DistrictKarnal
TehsilKarnal
Assembly ConstituencyGharaunda
Government
 • SarpanchMrs. Shimla Devi
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
2,500
Languages
 • OfficialHindi
Time zoneUTC 5:30 (IST)
PIN
132022
Area code0184
ISO 3166 codeIN-HR
Vehicle registrationHR-05
Websiteharyana.gov.in

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

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Mehmadpur is located in Karnal, India. It is located 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Karnal Grand Trunk Road. The village has a history of more than 200 years [citation needed] and was also known as Mahadevpur (Hindi: महादॆवपुर) .[citation needed] This is a big village with a population of over 2,500. There are two schools,[1] two Choupals and a Shiv Mandir in the village.

The main profession of its residents is agriculture. Most of the agricultural land is owned by RORs.[2] 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 the village, Ror community (Hindi: रॊड) is large in strength but you will found there around 8 communities. The population mainly consists of Hindus only RORs along with Brahmin and Dalits.[3]

The village has its own Panchayat which was recently elected. This consists of Ten Panchayat members and a Sarpanch. The current Sarpanch of the village is Mrs. shimla devi.[4] Until recently it was lacking all the basic needs but it has shown a good development progress under former Sarpanch Late Sh Arjun Singh Namberdar.Sh. Arjun Singh did a lot in his tenure for the three consecutive plans for the welfare of the villagers. Now the village has all basic facilities like good transportation links, good water supply, clean streets with street lights. A Government High School was established in 1954[5] and was the only High School in the nearby area. The village also has a Senior Secondary School which is the only Senior Secondary School where students comes from several nearby villages.

The village also has a Co-Operative Society, a distributor of seeds, pesticides and fertilizers to the farmers of the nearby villages.

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

References

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  1. ^ "MeriShiksha - Education in India | Schools in karnal | haryana". www.merishiksha.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013.
  2. ^ "欧美Av亚洲Av国内自拍,诱人的短裙教师在线观看,国产卡一卡二卡三卡四,波多野结中文版在线看".
  3. ^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News".
  4. ^ Elected Panchayat Members, Sr. No. 32 Archived 2012-12-18 at archive.today
  5. ^ "GHS Mehmadpur, Karnal".
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