Ramgarh Jawandaਰਾਮਗੜ੍ਹ ਜਵਾਂਦਾ

Where is Ramgarh Jawanda?

Ramgarh Jawanda is a village of Sunam tehsil in Sangrur district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Sunam, about 7 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Sunam community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039851, and it covers 619 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 2,789 people in Ramgarh Jawanda: 1,473 men and 1,316 women, living in 546 households, an average of about 5.1 people per household. Spread over its 619 hectares, the population density works out to about 451 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 893 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 326, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 872 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 57.45 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 63.2 per cent and women at 51.03 per cent. The census recorded 1,028 workers, about 37 per cent of the village. Of the 954 main workers, the largest group, 394, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 349 cultivators on their own land and 175 agricultural labourers. A further 74 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Ramgarh Jawanda's land. Of the village's 619 hectares, 562 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (321 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (241 hectares). About 57 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 364 cultivators and 191 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.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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 Jawanda is reached by village roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Sunam, about 7 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Sunam, the tehsil headquarters, and Sangrur, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Chhajli, Nilowal, Chatha Nanhera and Sansarpura.

What is the population of Ramgarh Jawanda?

The population of Ramgarh Jawanda was 2,789 at the 2011 census, living in 546 households in Sunam tehsil of Sangrur district.

What facilities does Ramgarh Jawanda have?

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