Ramgarh Gujranਰਾਮਗੜ੍ਹ ਗੁਜਰਾਂ

Where is Ramgarh Gujran?

Ramgarh Gujran is a village in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Khanauri, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Andana community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039946, and it covers 431 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,068 people in Ramgarh Gujran: 582 men and 486 women, living in 201 households, an average of about 5.3 people per household. Spread over its 431 hectares, the population density works out to about 248 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 835 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 133, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 89 people, about 8 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 59.57 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 66.8 per cent and women at 51.26 per cent. The census recorded 364 workers, about 34 per cent of the village. Of the 311 main workers, the largest group, 209, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 79 other workers in trade, transport and services and 23 agricultural labourers. A further 53 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ramgarh Gujran's land. Of the village's 431 hectares, 394 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (328 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (66 hectares). About 37 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 234 cultivators and 31 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. 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 more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Ramgarh Gujran is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Khanauri, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Moonak, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Bhulan, Makorad, Fatehgarh Nauabad Alias Bahmniwala and Mandvi.

What is the population of Ramgarh Gujran?

The population of Ramgarh Gujran was 1,068 at the 2011 census, living in 201 households in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Ramgarh Gujran have?

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