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{{Other places|Begampur}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Begampur
| native_name = ਬੇਗਮਪੁਰ
| native_name_lang = pan
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India
| coordinates = {{coord|31.2725377|N|75.8206549|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jalandhar district|Jalandhar]]
| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil
| subdivision_name3 = [[Phillaur]]
| government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayat raj]]
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| elevation_m = 246
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 849<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=32277|title=Village Population per Census India|work=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]] 446/403 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| population_demonym =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| demographics1_title2 =
| demographics1_info2 =
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 144037
| area_code_type = [[Telephone code]]
| area_code = 01826
| iso_code = IN-PB
| registration_plate = PB 37
| website = {{URL|jalandhar.nic.in}}
}}

'''Begampur''' ({{lang-pa|ਬੇਗਮਪੁਰ}}) is a village in [[Phillaur]] tehsil in [[Jalandhar district]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] [[States and territories of India|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 [[Administration (government)|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.<ref name=census />

== Transport ==

=== Rail ===
Phagwara Junction [[train station]] is the nearest [[train station]] however, Bannga railway station is 23 km away from the village.

=== Air ===
The nearest [[domestic airport]] is located 63.6 km 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 124 km away in [[Amritsar]].

== References ==
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{{Jalandhar district}}


[[Category:Villages in Jalandhar district]]
[[Category:Villages in Phillaur tehsil]]

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GSS at 10:35, 27 November 2019