Karamgarhਕਰਮਗੜ੍ਹ

Where is Karamgarh?

Karamgarh is a village of Malout tehsil in Sri Muktsar Sahib district, Punjab, in the Malwa region of the state. The 2011 directory recorded Malout, about 3 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Malout community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 035248, and it covers 1,202 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,846 people in Karamgarh: 973 men and 873 women, living in 341 households, an average of about 5.4 people per household. Spread over its 1,202 hectares, the population density works out to about 154 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 897 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 223, about 12 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 552 people, about 30 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 65.8 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 70.33 per cent and women at 60.76 per cent. The census recorded 616 workers, about 33 per cent of the village. Of the 616 main workers, the largest group, 225, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 201 other workers in trade, transport and services and 190 agricultural labourers.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Karamgarh's land. Of the village's 1,202 hectares, 1,126 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (1,126 hectares). Farm power supply was recorded at 8 hours a day. With 225 cultivators and 190 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 and one government middle school, so children can study in the village up to Class 8. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. Treated tap water was available in the village. 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 18 hours a day.

Getting there

Karamgarh is reached by pucca, all-weather roads; the nearest bus service was five to ten kilometres away. The directory recorded Malout, about 3 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was five to ten kilometres away. Malout, the tehsil headquarters, and Sri Muktsar Sahib, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Kabarwala, Bhagwanpura, Katianwali and Sarawan Bodla.

What is the population of Karamgarh?

The population of Karamgarh was 1,846 at the 2011 census, living in 341 households in Malout tehsil of Sri Muktsar Sahib district.

What facilities does Karamgarh have?

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