Ramgarh, Punjab

Ramgarh (Punjabi: ਰਾਮਗੜ੍ਹ) is a medium size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar District of Punjab State, India. It is located 1 km (walking distance) away from postal head office Phillaur, 16 km from Ludhiana, 45 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 118 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).[2]

Ramgarh

ਰਾਮਗੜ੍ਹ
Village
Ramgarh
Location in Punjab, India
Ramgarh
Ramgarh (India)
Coordinates: 31.0181191°N 75.7748242°E / 31.0181191; 75.7748242
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictJalandhar
TehsilPhillaur
Government
 • TypePanchayat raj
 • BodyGram panchayat
Elevation
246 m (807 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,909[1]
 Sex ratio 1510/1399 ♂/♀
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144410
Telephone code01826
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB- 37
Post OfficePhillaur
Websitejalandhar.nic.in

Demography

As of 2011, Ramgarh has a total number of 567 houses and population of 2909 of which 1510 include are males while 1399 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of Ramgarh is 83.20%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 319 which is 10.97% of total population of Ramgarh, and child sex ratio is approximately 734 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 63.97% of total population in Ramgarh. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

905 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Ramgarh which includes 798 males and 107 females. According to census survey report 2011, 84.75% of workers describe their work as main work and 15.25% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of the 905 in the working population, 83.48% workers are occupied in main work, 12.9% are cultivators while 4.1% are Agricultural labourer.

Transport

Rail

Phillaur Junction is the nearest train station however, Bhattian Railway Station is 8.7 km away from the village.

Air

The nearest domestic airport is located 31.7 km 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 140 km away in Amritsar.

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References
  1. "Ramgarh Population per Census India". censusindia.gov.in.
  2. "Village postal index number". indiapost.gov.in. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016.
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