Rampurਰਾਮਪੁਰ

Where is Rampur?

Rampur is a village of Banga tehsil in SBS Nagar district, Punjab, in the Doaba region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Banga, about 8 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Banga community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 032122, and it covers 131 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 703 people in Rampur: 337 men and 366 women, living in 158 households, an average of about 4.4 people per household. Spread over its 131 hectares, the population density works out to about 537 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1086 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 58, about 8 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 217 people, about 31 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 85.58 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 90.73 per cent and women at 81.05 per cent. The census recorded 194 workers, about 28 per cent of the village. Of the 192 main workers, the largest group, 115, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 46 other workers in trade, transport and services and 29 agricultural labourers. A further 2 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 131 hectares, 114 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (114 hectares). About 17 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 116 cultivators and 29 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village had a sub post office. 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 15 hours a day.

Getting there

Rampur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Banga, about 8 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Banga, the tehsil headquarters, and Nawanshahr, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Atari, Gobindpur, Sal Kalan and Paddi Matwali.

What is the population of Rampur?

The population of Rampur was 703 at the 2011 census, living in 158 households in Banga tehsil of SBS Nagar district.

What facilities does Rampur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Rampur has a government primary school, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.