Sheikhpur (295)
Batala block · Gurdaspur
district, Punjab · PIN 143505
· village code 28723
Population 2011
1,716
Census of India
Population 2020
1,965
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.5%
249 people · 1.5% a year
Households
350
+5.1% vs 333 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,716
Male / female
897 / 819
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
913
Children aged 0–6
211
Literacy rate
64.4%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
862 / 0
Working population
608
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
27.1%
Households
333
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Sheikhpura Khurd panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
32
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
16
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
201
Non-farm households
149
Share of households farming, 2020
57%
Net sown area
170 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
170 / 167 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sheikhpura Khurd panchayat, Batala 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
₹3.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.05 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹0
Unspent at year end
₹6.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹56,418 · received ₹1.54 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹2.10 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.05 lakh · received ₹1.51 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹4.55 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.8559, 75.1371 —
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