Rampur, SBS Nagar

Rampur is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi) away from sub post office Ladhana Jhikka, 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Nawanshahr, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 113 kilometres (70 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]

Rampur
Village
Rampur is located in Punjab
Rampur
Rampur
Location in Punjab, India
Rampur is located in India
Rampur
Rampur
Rampur (India)
Coordinates: 31.2505967°N 75.9844504°E / 31.2505967; 75.9844504
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictShaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
Government
 • TypePanchayat raj
 • BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
251 m (823 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total703[1]
 Sex ratio 337/366 ♂/♀
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144510
Telephone code01884
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Post officeLadhana Jhikka (S.O)[2]
Websitenawanshahr.nic.in

Demography

As of 2011, Rampur has a total number of 158 houses and population of 703 of which 337 include are males while 366 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Rampur is 85.58% higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 58 which is 8.25% of total population of Rampur, and child sex ratio is approximately 657 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[1][4]

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 30.87% of total population in Rampur. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1]

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 194 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Rampur which includes 180 males and 14 females. According to census survey report 2011, 98.97% workers describe their work as main work and 1.03% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1][5]

Education

The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school established in 1954.[6][7] The school provide mid-day meal which prepared in school premisesas per Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[8] As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14.

Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur, KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges.[6] Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is 23.7 kilometres (14.7 mi). The village is 93.6 kilometres (58.2 mi) away from Chandigarh University, 70.3 kilometres (43.7 mi) from Indian Institute of Technology and 38 kilometres (24 mi) away from Lovely Professional University.

List of schools nearby:

Transport

Banga train station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is 20 kilometres (12 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 78 kilometres (48 mi) away in Ludhiana and the nearest international airport is located in Chandigarh also Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is the second nearest airport which is 147 kilometres (91 mi) away in Amritsar.[9]

See also
  • List of villages in India

References
  1. "Rampur Population per Census India". 2011 Census of India.
  2. "All India Pincode Directory" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
  3. "List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017.
  4. "Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)". pib.nic.in.
  5. "District Census Handbook SBS Nagar" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
  6. "List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). sbsnagarpolice.com.
  7. "Details about GPS Rampur". icbse.com.
  8. "Mid Day Meal Society". ssapunjab.org.
  9. "Distance from Rampur (Multiple routes)". Google Map.
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