Birampurਬਿਰਮਪੁਰ

Where is Birampur?

Birampur is a village of Garhshankar tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Garhshankar, about 4 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Garhshankar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032006, and it covers 1,280 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,759 people in Birampur: 895 men and 864 women, living in 367 households, an average of about 4.8 people per household. Spread over its 1,280 hectares, the population density works out to about 137 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 965 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 220, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 834 people, about 47 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 80.12 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 85.34 per cent and women at 74.6 per cent. The census recorded 543 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 470 main workers, the largest group, 363, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 91 cultivators on their own land and 11 agricultural labourers. A further 73 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Birampur's land. Of the village's 1,280 hectares, 452 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 386 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (386 hectares). About 628 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. With 95 cultivators and 25 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, one government middle school and one government secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 10. 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, a dispensary and a veterinary hospital. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Birampur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Garhshankar, about 4 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Garhshankar, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sauli, Khanpur, Lehra and Shahpur.

What is the population of Birampur?

The population of Birampur was 1,759 at the 2011 census, living in 367 households in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Birampur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Birampur has government schools from primary to secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.