Shampuraਸ਼ਮਪੁਰਾ

Where is Shampura?

Shampura is a village in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Majha region, and the 2011 directory recorded Ramdas, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Baba Nanak community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 028982, and it covers 535 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,582 people in Shampura: 828 men and 754 women, living in 320 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 535 hectares, the population density works out to about 296 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 911 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 173, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 544 people, about 34 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.72 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 81.08 per cent and women at 71.9 per cent. The census recorded 480 workers, about 30 per cent of the village. Of the 441 main workers, the largest group, 214, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 139 cultivators on their own land and 81 agricultural labourers. A further 39 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shampura's land. Of the village's 535 hectares, 475 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (144 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (331 hectares). About 60 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 144 cultivators and 83 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 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 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

Shampura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ramdas, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the village has its own railway station. Dera Baba Nanak, the tehsil headquarters, and Gurdaspur town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Singhpura, Dharamabad, Mehta and Panwan.

What is the population of Shampura?

The population of Shampura was 1,582 at the 2011 census, living in 320 households in Dera Baba Nanak tehsil of Gurdaspur district.

What facilities does Shampura have?

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