Chhawala (625)
Gurdaspur block · Gurdaspur
district, Punjab · PIN 143521
· village code 28364
Population 2011
2,179
Census of India
Population 2020
2,348
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.8%
169 people · 0.8% a year
Households
415
+6.7% vs 389 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,179
Male / female
1,129 / 1,050
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
930
Children aged 0–6
261
Literacy rate
71.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
137 / 0
Working population
697
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.7%
Households
389
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
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
30
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
10
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
155
Non-farm households
65
Share of households farming, 2020
70%
Net sown area
132 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
132 / 132 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chhawla panchayat, Gurdaspur 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
₹2.48 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹10.69 lakh
Received directly
₹1.34 lakh
Spent
₹4.63 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.89 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹0 · received ₹5.40 lakh · spent ₹1.37 lakh · left ₹5.37 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.48 lakh · received ₹5.29 lakh · spent ₹3.26 lakh · left ₹4.52 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
32.0360, 75.3908 —
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How this village compares
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population changes in Gurdaspur district ·
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staffing across Gurdaspur ·
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