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Chaura (66)

Kalanaur block · Gurdaspur district, Punjab · PIN 143526 · village code 27958

Population 2011
1,194
Census of India
Population 2020
842
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-29.5%
-352 people · -3.8% a year
Households
142
-27.9% vs 197 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population
1,194
Male / female
631 / 563
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
892
Children aged 0–6
124
Literacy rate
70.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
341 / 0
Working population
369
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
77.5%
Households
197

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from Chaura Kalan panchayat's return.

Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students
24
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes

Farming

Farm households
100
Non-farm households
42
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
168 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
168 / 167 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chaura Kalan panchayat, Kalanaur zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance
₹6.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.97 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹5.56 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹5.31 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.68 lakh · received ₹2.00 lakh · spent ₹2.99 lakh · left ₹69,581
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.23 lakh · received ₹1.96 lakh · spent ₹2.58 lakh · left ₹4.61 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

31.8559, 75.2219 — view on OpenStreetMap

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