Ramana Chakਰਮਨਾ ਚੱਕ

Where is Ramana Chak?

Ramana Chak is a village of Amritsar I tehsil in Amritsar district, Punjab, in the Majha region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Majitha, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Majitha community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 037447, and it covers 166 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 751 people in Ramana Chak: 398 men and 353 women, living in 158 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 166 hectares, the population density works out to about 452 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 887 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 87, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 217 people, about 29 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 74.25 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 79.02 per cent and women at 68.99 per cent. The census recorded 261 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 239 main workers, the largest group, 101, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 87 cultivators on their own land and 34 agricultural labourers. A further 22 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ramana Chak's land. Of the village's 166 hectares, 145 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (80 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (60 hectares). About 21 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 89 cultivators and 34 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

For village facilities, the Census 2011 Village Directory is the fullest record available. 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. It also had mobile phone coverage. 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

Ramana Chak is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Majitha, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Amritsar I, the tehsil headquarters, and Amritsar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel.

What is the population of Ramana Chak?

The population of Ramana Chak was 751 at the 2011 census, living in 158 households in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district.

What facilities does Ramana Chak have?

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