Shekhwan (318)
Fatehgarh Churian block · Gurdaspur
district, Punjab · PIN 143602
· village code 28814
Population 2011
924
Census of India
Population 2020
1,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+8.2%
76 people · 0.9% a year
Households
550
+216.1% vs 174 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
924
Male / female
486 / 438
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
901
Children aged 0–6
127
Literacy rate
64.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
300 / 0
Working population
283
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.2%
Households
174
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
50
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
25 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
25 / 12 / 6
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sekhwan panchayat, Fatehgarh Churian 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
₹2.70 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.51 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹4.57 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.65 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹39,134 · received ₹2.28 lakh · spent ₹2.00 lakh · left ₹66,737
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.31 lakh · received ₹2.23 lakh · spent ₹2.56 lakh · left ₹1.98 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.8919, 75.0179 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Gurdaspur district ·
School
staffing across Gurdaspur ·
…and across Punjab