Akarpura (391)
Batala block · Gurdaspur
district, Punjab · PIN 143511
· village code 28852
Population 2011
2,130
Census of India
Population 2020
1,780
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-16.4%
-350 people · -2.0% a year
Households
254
-38.8% vs 415 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,130
Male / female
1,070 / 1,060
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
991
Children aged 0–6
265
Literacy rate
55.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
692 / 0
Working population
704
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
41.3%
Households
415
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Akarpura panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
45
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
15
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
180
Non-farm households
74
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
180 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
180 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Akarpura 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
₹828
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.96 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹4.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹2.62 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹828 · received ₹3.52 lakh · spent ₹1.98 lakh · left ₹1.55 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹0 · received ₹3.45 lakh · spent ₹2.37 lakh · left ₹1.08 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.8378, 75.1436 —
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