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About Rampur Kalan Village

Rampur Kalan is a mid sized village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,623, made up of 879 males and 744 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rampur Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rampur Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil Dera Bassi
Pincode 140103
Area (hectares) 465 hectares
Population 1,623
Male Population 879
Female Population 744
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rampur Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Rampur Kalan is the 37th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 465 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Rampur Kalan

Rampur Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rampur Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rampur Kalan from other places

Rampur Kalan lies about 10 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Ghagghar, about 6.8 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Rampur Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Dera Bassi 6.7 km
Nearest town Basi 6.7 km
Nearest railway station Ghagghar 6.8 km
District headquarters Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar 10 km

Villages closest to Rampur Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Bassi tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Rampur Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Rampur Kalan village had a population of 1,623. That makes it the 37th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Rampur Kalan village has 879 males and 744 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rampur Kalan has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Rampur Kalan is 140103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rampur Kalan covers 465 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rampur Kalan falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Rampur Kalan is Ghagghar, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rampur Kalan.

Rampur Kalan is about 10 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rampur Kalan is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Dera Bassi is about 6.7 km away. Basi is about 6.7 km away. Ghagghar is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bir Chhat (1.8 km), Chhat (1.8 km) and Bir Pir Machhalia (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Rampur Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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