Dharampuraਧਰਮਪੁਰਾ

Where is Dharampura?

Dharampura is a village in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Bareta, about 5 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Budhlada community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036015, and it covers 1,841 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 5,089 people in Dharampura: 2,681 men and 2,408 women, living in 939 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,841 hectares, the population density works out to about 276 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 898 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 552, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 1,398 people, about 27 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 52.59 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 56.17 per cent and women at 48.63 per cent. The census recorded 1,665 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 1,454 main workers, the largest group, 768, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 455 agricultural labourers and 221 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 211 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dharampura's land. Of the village's 1,841 hectares, 1,603 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 1,554 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,534 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (20 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 10 hours a day. With 792 cultivators and 594 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, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

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 a sub 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 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Dharampura is reached by pucca roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bareta, about 5 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Budhlada, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mander, Saspali, Juglan and Todarpur.

What is the population of Dharampura?

The population of Dharampura was 5,089 at the 2011 census, living in 939 households in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Dharampura have?

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