Shampuraਸ਼ਮਪੁਰਾ

Where is Shampura?

Shampura is a village in Rupnagar tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Puadh region, and the 2011 directory recorded Rupnagar, about 1 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rupnagar community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 038668, and it covers 140 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,777 people in Shampura: 1,469 men and 1,308 women, living in 511 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 140 hectares, the population density works out to about 1,984 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 890 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 328, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 444 people, about 16 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 68.93 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 75.61 per cent and women at 61.71 per cent. The census recorded 848 workers, about 31 per cent of the village. Of the 698 main workers, the largest group, 386, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 152 agricultural labourers and 134 cultivators on their own land. A further 150 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Shampura's land. Of the village's 140 hectares, 75 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (75 hectares). About 56 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 9 hours a day. With 217 cultivators and 164 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 2 government senior secondary schools, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. 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 within five kilometres. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Shampura is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Rupnagar, about 1 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Rupnagar, the tehsil headquarters, and Rupnagar city, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Nanakpur Alias Sharfabad, Haveli Chhoti, Hussainpur and Dargah Shah Khalid Binwalid.

What is the population of Shampura?

The population of Shampura was 2,777 at the 2011 census, living in 511 households in Rupnagar tehsil of Rupnagar district.

What facilities does Shampura have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Shampura 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.