Ramgarh Ghumanਰਾਮਗੜ੍ਹ ਘੁੰਮਣ

Where is Ramgarh Ghuman?

Ramgarh Ghuman is a village of Maur tehsil in Bathinda district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Maur, about 3 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 035882, and it covers 1,520 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,791 people in Ramgarh Ghuman: 3,111 men and 2,680 women, living in 1,075 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,520 hectares, the population density works out to about 381 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 861 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 633, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,787 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 55.23 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 61.9 per cent and women at 47.49 per cent. The census recorded 2,400 workers, about 41 per cent of the village. Of the 1,920 main workers, the largest group, 989, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 645 agricultural labourers and 273 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 480 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ramgarh Ghuman's land. Of the village's 1,520 hectares, 1,470 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,320 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (150 hectares). About 50 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 1,013 cultivators and 753 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 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

Ramgarh Ghuman is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Maur, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Maur, the tehsil headquarters, and Bathinda, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sukha Singhwala, Kutiwal Khurd, Kotli Khurd and Thamangarh.

What is the population of Ramgarh Ghuman?

The population of Ramgarh Ghuman was 5,791 at the 2011 census, living in 1,075 households in Maur tehsil of Bathinda district.

What facilities does Ramgarh Ghuman have?

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