Rampurਰਾਮਪੁਰ

Where is Rampur?

Rampur is a village in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Doaba region, and the 2011 directory recorded Shahkot, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Shahkot community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 029715, and it covers 337 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 563 people in Rampur: 281 men and 282 women, living in 105 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 337 hectares, the population density works out to about 167 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1004 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 78, about 14 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 300 people, about 53 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 63.92 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 68.91 per cent and women at 59.11 per cent. The census recorded 202 workers, about 36 per cent of the village. Of the 15 main workers, the largest group, 13, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 1 cultivators on their own land and 1 agricultural labourers. A further 187 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 337 hectares, 284 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (284 hectares). About 53 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. The census recorded 57 cultivators and 97 agricultural labourers, so farming supports many labouring families as well as landholders.

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 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 is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Shahkot, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Shahkot, the tehsil headquarters, and Jalandhar town, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Thamunwal, Rame Taharpur, Chak Bahmanian and Sand.

What is the population of Rampur?

The population of Rampur was 563 at the 2011 census, living in 105 households in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district.

What facilities does Rampur have?

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