Rampur (353)ਰਾਮਪੁਰ

Where is Rampur?

Rampur is a village in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Garhshankar, about 6 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 032000, and it covers 1,010 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,547 people in Rampur: 756 men and 791 women, living in 333 households, an average of about 4.6 people per household. Spread over its 1,010 hectares, the population density works out to about 153 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1046 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 152, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 537 people, about 35 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 86.59 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 93.12 per cent and women at 80.58 per cent. The census recorded 495 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 379 main workers, the largest group, 198, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 120 cultivators on their own land and 51 agricultural labourers. A further 116 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Rampur's land. Of the village's 1,010 hectares, 374 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (374 hectares). About 60 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 16 hours a day. With 127 cultivators and 72 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, 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. The village had its own post office. It also had a PDS ration shop, mobile phone coverage and an internet common service centre. 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 13 hours a day.

Getting there

Rampur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Garhshankar, about 6 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Garhshankar, the tehsil headquarters, and Hoshiarpur city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Tejpur, Bilron, Bhajjal and Purkhowal.

What is the population of Rampur?

The population of Rampur was 1,547 at the 2011 census, living in 333 households in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district.

What facilities does Rampur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Rampur 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.