Adampuraਅਡਮਪੁਰਾ

Where is Adampura?

Adampura is a village in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bhagta Bhai Ka, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bhagta Bhaika community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035653, and it covers 586 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,009 people in Adampura: 1,077 men and 932 women, living in 361 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 586 hectares, the population density works out to about 343 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 865 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 199, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 766 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 62.87 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.67 per cent and women at 58.56 per cent. The census recorded 1,160 workers, about 58 per cent of the village. Of the 576 main workers, the largest group, 336, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 178 agricultural labourers and 57 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 584 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Adampura's land. Of the village's 586 hectares, 539 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (145 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (394 hectares). About 45 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 643 cultivators and 433 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through 2 government primary schools, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. Drinking water came from untreated tap water supplies. It also had a PDS ration shop and 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

Adampura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bhagta Bhai Ka, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Rampura Phul, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Salabatpura, Rajgarh, Kangar and Dulewala.

What is the population of Adampura?

The population of Adampura was 2,009 at the 2011 census, living in 361 households in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Adampura have?

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