Phambra
Phambra
ਫਾਂਬਰਾ | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Elevation | 254 m (833 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 824[1] |
| Sex ratio 424/400 ♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 144417 |
| Telephone code | 01823 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Post office | Aur (S.O)[2] |
| Website | nawanshahr |
Phambra (Punjabi: ਫਾਂਬਰਾ) is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) away from sub post office Aur, 16.6 kilometres (10.3 mi) from Nawanshahr, 9.4 kilometres (5.8 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 106 kilometres (66 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
Demography
As of 2011, Phambra has a total number of 156 houses and population of 824 of which 424 include are males while 400 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Phambra is 76.87% higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 102 which is 12.38% of total population of Phambra, and child sex ratio is approximately 855 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[1][4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 47.82% of total population in Phambra. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1]
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 264 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Phambra which includes 233 males and 31 females. According to census survey report 2011, 93.94% workers describe their work as main work and 6.06% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1][5]
Education
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school established in 1975.[6][7] The school provide mid-day meal which prepared in school premisesas per Indian Midday Meal Scheme.[8] As per Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act the school provide free education to children between the ages of 6 and 14.
KC Engineering College and Doaba Khalsa Trust Group Of Institutions are the nearest colleges.[6] Industrial Training Institute for women (ITI Nawanshahr) is 19 kilometres (12 mi). The village is 81 kilometres (50 mi) away from Chandigarh University, 63.7 kilometres (39.6 mi) from Indian Institute of Technology and 50 kilometres (31 mi) away from Lovely Professional University.
Transport
Phagwara train station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is 29 kilometres (18 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 54 kilometres (34 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 159 kilometres (99 mi) away in Amritsar.[9]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Phambra Population per Census India". 2011 Census of India.
- ^ "All India Pincode Directory" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
- ^ "List of Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). nawanshahr.gov.in (extract from Punjab Government Gazette).
- ^ "Child Sex Ratio in India (2001-2011)". pib.nic.in.
- ^ "District Census Handbook SBS Nagar" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in.
- ^ a b "List of Schools and Colleges in SBS Nagar district" (PDF). sbsnagarpolice.com.
- ^ "Details about GPS Phambra". icbse.com.
- ^ "Mid Day Meal Society". ssapunjab.org.
- ^ "Distance from Phambra (Multiple routes)". Google Map.