Rampurਰਾਮਪੁਰ

Where is Rampur?

Rampur is a village of Rajpura tehsil in Patiala district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Ambala, about 11 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Ghanaur community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036845, and it covers 366 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,294 people in Rampur: 671 men and 623 women, living in 242 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 366 hectares, the population density works out to about 354 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 928 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 143, about 11 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 463 people, about 36 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.8 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.86 per cent and women at 70.18 per cent. The census recorded 426 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 422 main workers, the largest group, 242, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 156 cultivators on their own land and 19 agricultural labourers. A further 4 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 366 hectares, 323 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (323 hectares). About 42 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 157 cultivators and 20 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

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, 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.

Health facilities recorded inside the village in 2011 included an allopathic hospital. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Rampur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a public bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Ambala, about 11 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Rajpura, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Sonta, Mahrian, Taharpur and Naraingarh.

What is the population of Rampur?

The population of Rampur was 1,294 at the 2011 census, living in 242 households in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Rampur have?

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