Chhapa Ramsinghਛਾਪਾ ਰਾਮ ਸਿੰਘ

Where is Chhapa Ramsingh?

Chhapa Ramsingh is a village in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Amritsar, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Jandiala Guru community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037561, and it covers 372 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,390 people in Chhapa Ramsingh: 1,245 men and 1,145 women, living in 447 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 372 hectares, the population density works out to about 642 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 920 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 271, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,258 people, about 53 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.51 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 69.1 per cent and women at 59.61 per cent. The census recorded 881 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 730 main workers, the largest group, 373, were agricultural labourers, ahead of 216 other workers in trade, transport and services and 126 cultivators on their own land. A further 151 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Chhapa Ramsingh's land. Of the village's 372 hectares, 319 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (193 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (126 hectares). About 53 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 127 cultivators and 503 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Chhapa Ramsingh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Amritsar, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Amritsar I, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nizampura, Jand, Makhan Windi and Rakh Manawala.

What is the population of Chhapa Ramsingh?

The population of Chhapa Ramsingh was 2,390 at the 2011 census, living in 447 households in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Chhapa Ramsingh have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Chhapa Ramsingh has government schools from primary to middle school level and an anganwadi centre. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.