Ramgarh Bhundarਰਾਮਗੜ੍ਹ ਭੁਂਡਰ

Where is Ramgarh Bhundar?

Ramgarh Bhundar is a village of Maur tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Maur, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Maur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035867, and it covers 606 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,912 people in Ramgarh Bhundar: 993 men and 919 women, living in 373 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 606 hectares, the population density works out to about 316 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 925 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 196, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 701 people, about 37 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 64.28 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.59 per cent and women at 57.45 per cent. The census recorded 1,015 workers, about 53 per cent of the village. Of the 505 main workers, the largest group, 231, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 150 agricultural labourers and 111 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 510 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ramgarh Bhundar's land. Of the village's 606 hectares, 560 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (560 hectares). About 46 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 455 cultivators and 301 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 and an ASHA health worker.

No human health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011; a veterinary hospital served its livestock. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ramgarh Bhundar is reached by pucca roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Maur, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Maur, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kot Bhara, Bhai Bakhtour, Ghaso Khana and Manak Khana.

What is the population of Ramgarh Bhundar?

The population of Ramgarh Bhundar was 1,912 at the 2011 census, living in 373 households in Maur tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Ramgarh Bhundar have?

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