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Where is Dharamgarh?

Dharamgarh is a village in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Malwa region, and the 2011 directory recorded Rajpura, about 14 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Rajpura community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 036990, and it covers 364 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 436 people in Dharamgarh: 214 men and 222 women, living in 75 households, an average of about 5.8 people per household. Spread over its 364 hectares, the population density works out to about 120 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 1037 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 45, about 10 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 102 people, about 23 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 83.12 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 88.71 per cent and women at 78.05 per cent. The census recorded 139 workers, about 32 per cent of the village. Of the 93 main workers, the largest group, 59, were cultivators on their own land, ahead of 34 other workers in trade, transport and services. A further 46 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Dharamgarh's land. Of the village's 364 hectares, 344 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and every sown hectare was irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from canals (52 hectares) and wells and tube-wells (292 hectares). About 20 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 59 cultivators and 46 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, so children can study in the village up to Class 5. The village also had an anganwadi centre.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. 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

Dharamgarh is reached by village roads; the nearest bus service was within five kilometres. The directory recorded Rajpura, about 14 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was within five kilometres. Rajpura, the tehsil headquarters, and Patiala, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Ram Nagar Urf Saunti, Aluan, Chandu Khurd and Basantpura.

What is the population of Dharamgarh?

The population of Dharamgarh was 436 at the 2011 census, living in 75 households in Rajpura tehsil of Patiala district.

What facilities does Dharamgarh have?

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