Rampura Phul
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| ?Rampura Phul Punjab • India |
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| Coordinates: (find coordinates) | |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Bathinda |
| Population | 42,820 (2001) |
| Codes • Pincode • Telephone • Vehicle |
• 151103 • +01651 • PB-40 |
Rampura Phul is a city and a municipal council in Bathinda district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is located on Patiala-Bathinda State Highway( No. 12). It serve as a Tehsil for villages in nearby area. City is main market for all surrounding villages and education center, since many students from villages come here for education.
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[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India census,[1] Rampura Phul had a population of 42,820. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Rampura Phul has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 61%. In Rampura Phul, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.It is a town located between two villages of rampura and phul and hence its name Rampura Phul.
[edit] Surrounding
Mehraj the ancestral village of patiala royal family situated 3 km away from the town.People with sidhu surnames live in mehraj town.mehraj is asia biggest village with modern facilities.22 vllages emerges from mehraj forms the bahia group(associated with number 22).other villages near rampura town are mandi kalan,dahde,gill and lehra mohhbat.
[edit] Education
Recently Punjabi University Patiala has opened a college named University College as a part of Punjabi University Neighbourhood Campus, Rampura Phul (Phul-Mehraj)[2] on May 31, 2005 by converting it from Tapasavi Puran Dass Ji Malwa College (know in area as TPD collage). There are 2 other girls college also in the town named Shaheed Smark College and Sarswati College. In addition there Senior Secondary Schools and Middle Schools serving the area.ST.XAVIER CONVENT SCHOOL providing education to area located outskirtes of town.
[edit] Famous for
Rampura Phul is well known throughout Asia for blood donation. It is has a big tea market second to Amritsar in the country. Morover this town has a charm of slow life with people living with bare necesseties of entertainment. It is bordered by a water canal branching off from the main Bathinda canal at sehana near sandhu village few kilometer
[edit] References
- ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
- ^ http://www.universitypunjabi.org/pages/regionalcentres/rampura.html
