Ramgarh Shah Purianਰਾਮਗੜ੍ਹ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਪੁਰਿਆਂ

Where is Ramgarh Shah Purian?

Ramgarh Shah Purian 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 15 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 036007, and it covers 354 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,119 people in Ramgarh Shah Purian: 605 men and 514 women, living in 227 households, an average of about 4.9 people per household. Spread over its 354 hectares, the population density works out to about 316 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 850 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 116, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 423 people, about 38 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 50.55 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 57.3 per cent and women at 42.64 per cent. The census recorded 478 workers, about 43 per cent of the village. Of the 347 main workers, the largest group, 193, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 114 agricultural labourers and 39 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 131 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ramgarh Shah Purian's land. Of the village's 354 hectares, 321 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 312 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (310 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (2 hectares). About 33 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 13 hours a day. With 196 cultivators and 151 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 five to ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ramgarh Shah Purian is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Bareta, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Budhlada, the tehsil headquarters, and Mansa, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Andianwali, Bhakhrial, Chak Alisher and Bhawa.

What is the population of Ramgarh Shah Purian?

The population of Ramgarh Shah Purian was 1,119 at the 2011 census, living in 227 households in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district.

What facilities does Ramgarh Shah Purian have?

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