Ram Niwasਰਾਮ ਨਿਵਸ

Where is Ram Niwas?

Ram Niwas is a village of Maur tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rampura community development block and is served by the Ramaniwas gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035686, and it covers 669 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,225 people in Ram Niwas: 1,208 men and 1,017 women, living in 396 households, an average of about 5.6 people per household. Spread over its 669 hectares, the population density works out to about 333 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 842 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 244, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 436 people, about 20 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 56.39 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.07 per cent and women at 50.98 per cent. The census recorded 755 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 739 main workers, the largest group, 449, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 195 agricultural labourers and 92 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 16 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ram Niwas's land. Of the village's 669 hectares, 614 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (564 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (50 hectares). About 55 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 454 cultivators and 198 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a primary health sub-centre. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 14 hours a day.

Getting there

Ram Niwas is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Rampura Phul, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Maur, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Dhade, Mandi Khurd, Dikh and Har Kishanpura.

What is the population of Ram Niwas?

The population of Ram Niwas was 2,225 at the 2011 census, living in 396 households in Maur tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Ram Niwas have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Ram Niwas has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.