Dharampurਧਰਮਪੁਰ

Where is Dharampur?

Dharampur is a village of Mukerian tehsil in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Mukerian, about 13 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Talwara community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 031334, and it covers 560 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 894 people in Dharampur: 447 men and 447 women, living in 199 households, an average of about 4.5 people per household. Spread over its 560 hectares, the population density works out to about 160 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1000 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 111, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 354 people, about 40 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 87.74 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 91.75 per cent and women at 83.55 per cent. The census recorded 245 workers, about 27 per cent of the village. Of the 164 main workers, the largest group, 138, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 18 agricultural labourers and 6 cultivators on their own land. A further 81 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dharampur's land. Of the village's 560 hectares, 103 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 100 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (100 hectares). About 58 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. The census recorded 9 cultivators and 25 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included a dispensary. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. Banking was available in the village itself, with a commercial bank branch and a cooperative bank branch. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 16 hours a day.

Getting there

Dharampur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Mukerian, about 13 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Mukerian, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhol Badmanian, Alera, Sukhchainpur and Amroh.

What is the population of Dharampur?

The population of Dharampur was 894 at the 2011 census, living in 199 households in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Dharampur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Dharampur has government schools from primary to middle school level, an anganwadi centre and a post office.