Rampurਰਾਮਪੁਰ

Where is Rampur?

Rampur is a village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Puadh region, and the 2011 directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 12 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Chamkaur Sahib community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038815, and it covers 91 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 691 people in Rampur: 353 men and 338 women, living in 125 households, an average of about 5.5 people per household. Spread over its 91 hectares, the population density works out to about 759 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 958 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 83, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 194 people, about 28 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 75.82 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 83.75 per cent and women at 67.01 per cent. The census recorded 244 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 207 main workers, the largest group, 73, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 57 other workers in trade, transport and services and 54 agricultural labourers. A further 37 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 91 hectares, 77 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (77 hectares). About 14 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 7 hours a day. With 75 cultivators and 62 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. No government school was recorded inside the village in 2011; the nearest primary school was within five kilometres. 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 roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Chamkaur Sahib, about 12 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Chamkaur Sahib, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Mohan Majra, Taprian Amar Singh, Fatehgarh Viran and Behrampur Bet.

What is the population of Rampur?

The population of Rampur was 691 at the 2011 census, living in 125 households in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Rampur have?

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