Begampur ਬੇਗਮਪੁਰ
Village
Begampur Location in Punjab, India Show map of Punjab Begampur Begampur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 31°16′21″N 75°49′14″E / 31.2725377°N 75.8206549°E / 31.2725377; 75.8206549
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Government
• Type	Panchayat raj
• Body	Gram panchayat
Elevation	246 m (807 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	849[1]
	Sex ratio 446/403 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	144037
Telephone code	01826
ISO 3166 code	IN-PB
Vehicle registration	PB 37
Website	jalandhar.nic.in

Begampur (Punjabi: ਬੇਗਮਪੁਰ) is a village in Phillaur tehsil in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 9.7 km away from Phagwara, 35 km from Phillaur, 30 km from district headquarter Jalandhar and 126 km from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by a sarpanch who is an elected representative of village as per Panchayati raj (India).

Demography

As of 2011, Begampur has a total number of 192 houses and population of 849 of which 443 are males while 403 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. Literacy rate of Begampur is 76.35%, higher than state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 71 which is 8.36% of total population of Begampur, and child sex ratio is approximately 972 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.

Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 70.79% of total population in Begampur. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.

Per census 2011, 265 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Begampur which includes 245 males and 20 females. According to census survey report 2011, 84.53% workers describe their work as main work and 15.47% workers are involved in marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.^[1]

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