Ranewal, SBS Nagar
Ranewal | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Ranewal Location in Punjab, India  Ranewal Ranewal (India) | |
| Coordinates: 31°03′02″N 76°11′37″E / 31.0506084°N 76.1937368°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat raj |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Elevation | 355 m (1,165 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,206[1] |
| Sex ratio 589/617 ♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 144515 |
| Telephone code | 01823 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Post office | Jadla (S.O)[2] |
| Website | nawanshahr |
Ranewal is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) away from sub post office Jadla, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Nawanshahr, 19 kilometres (12 mi) from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and 84.7 kilometres (52.6 mi) from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.[3]
Demography[edit]
As of 2011, Ranewal has a total number of 243 houses and population of 1206 of which 589 include are males while 617 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Ranewal is 75.53% lower than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 115 which is 9.54% of total population of Ranewal, and child sex ratio is approximately 691 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.[1][4]
Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 19.65% of total population in Ranewal. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.[1]
As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 370 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Ranewal which includes 327 males and 43 females. According to census survey report 2011, 95.95% workers describe their work as main work and 4.05% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.[1][5]
Education[edit]
The village has a Punjabi medium, co-ed primary school established in 1954.[6][7] The school provide mid-day meal 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 13.8 kilometres (8.6 mi). The village is 65.8 kilometres (40.9 mi) away from Chandigarh University, 42.5 kilometres (26.4 mi) from Indian Institute of Technology and 59.1 kilometres (36.7 mi) away from Lovely Professional University.
Transport[edit]
Nawanshahr train station is the nearest train station however, Garhshankar Junction railway station is 25 kilometres (16 mi) away from the village. Sahnewal Airport is the nearest domestic airport which located 50 kilometres (31 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 168 kilometres (104 mi) away in Amritsar.[9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Ranewal 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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017.
- ^ "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 Ranewal". icbse.com.
- ^ "Mid Day Meal Society". ssapunjab.org.
- ^ "Distance from Ranewal (Multiple routes)". Google Map.