Amargarh, Punjab

Amargarh is a City in [District Sangrur] of Punjab State, India. It is located at main road (Malerkotla - Patiala) which is nearly 60 kilometers far from patiala city. The City is administrated by MC an elected representative of the City. Current Nagar Kaushal of the City is elected unanimously, (with Sarvsamti). Presently S.Manjider Singh Bawa is MC of the City.[3]

For Punjab Legislative Assembly constituency with the same name, see Amargarh Assembly Constituency.

Amargarh
City
Amargarh
Location in Punjab, India
Amargarh
Amargarh (India)
Coordinates: 31.1434636°N 76.0530734°E / 31.1434636; 76.0530734
Country India
StatePunjab
Districtsangrur
Government
 • TypeNager kaushal
 • BodyNager Kaushal
Elevation
454 m (1,490 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total29,501[1]
 Sex ratio 1560/1540 ♂/♀
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
01675
Telephone code148022
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Post officeAmargarh[2]
Websitenawanshahr.nic.in

Demography

As of 2011, Amargarh has a total number of 293 houses and population of 1451 of which 740 include are males while 711 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Amargarh is 78.36%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 134 which is 9.24% of total population of Amargarh, and child sex ratio is approximately 861 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[1][4]

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 46.86% of total population in Amargarh. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1]

As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 432 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Amargarh which includes 408 males and 24 females. According to census survey report 2011, 98.15% workers describe their work as main work and 1.85% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1][5]

Education

The City has a Punjabi medium, co-ed upper primary school founded in 1977.[6][7] The schools provide mid-day meal which prepared in School premises as per Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[8] The school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14 as per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act.

Colleges

Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) away from the City and Amardeep Singh Shergill Memorial college Mukandpur, Sikh National College Banga, KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges.[6]

Transport

Kariha and Nawanshahr railway station are the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is 17 kilometres (11 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 58 kilometres (36 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 151 kilometres (94 mi) away in Amritsar.[9]

See also
  • List of villages in India

References
  1. "Amargarh 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. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  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 GMS Amargarh School". icbse.com.
  8. "Mid Day Meal Society". ssapunjab.org.
  9. "Distance from Amargarh (Multiple routes)". Google Map.
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