Bainapur
human settlement in Jalandhar district, Jalandhar division, Punjab, India
Bainapur is a small size village in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 25 km away from Phillaur, 5.8 km from Nurmahal, 27.7 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 147 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of the village, as per Panchayati raj (India).
Demography
As of 2011, Ramgarh has a total number of 47 houses and population of 200 of which 92 are males while 108 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of Ramgarh is 84.18%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 23 which is 11.50% of total population of Ramgarh, and child sex ratio is approximately 769 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.
The village does not have any schedule caste and schedule tribe population so far.
45 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Ramgarh which includes 42 males and 3 females. According to census survey report 2011, 100% workers describe their work as main work and 0% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Transport
Rail
Nurmahal train station is the nearest train station.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bainapur” as human settlement in Jalandhar district, Jalandhar division, Punjab, India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as human settlement in Jalandhar district, Jalandhar division, Punjab, India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 18, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q25346133. The first chronological checks are 2011.
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