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Mehsampur is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab 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 administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj .EducationThe village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary with secondary/higher secondary school (GHS Mehsampur). The school provide mid-day meal as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme and the meal prepared in school premises and it was found in 1975.DemographyAccording to the report published 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. 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 Tribe population so far.