Rampur Kaleranਰਾਮਪੁਰ ਕਲੇਰਾਂ

Where is Rampur Kaleran?

Rampur Kaleran is a village in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 6 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Bassi Pathana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032606, and it covers 136 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 399 people in Rampur Kaleran: 218 men and 181 women, living in 68 households, an average of about 5.9 people per household. Spread over its 136 hectares, the population density works out to about 293 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 830 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 38, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 155 people, about 39 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 77.01 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.32 per cent and women at 70.55 per cent. The census recorded 100 workers, about 25 per cent of the village. Of the 99 main workers, the largest group, 58, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 32 other workers in trade, transport and services and 8 agricultural labourers. A further 1 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rampur Kaleran's land. Of the village's 136 hectares, 120 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (120 hectares). About 16 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 58 cultivators and 8 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 one government primary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Rampur Kaleran is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bassi Pathana, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Bassi Pathana, the tehsil headquarters, and Fatehgarh Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nahanheri, Nogawan, Narsinghpura and Kishanpura.

What is the population of Rampur Kaleran?

The population of Rampur Kaleran was 399 at the 2011 census, living in 68 households in Bassi Pathana tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district.

What facilities does Rampur Kaleran have?

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