Bhera (603)

Talwara block · Hoshiarpur district, Punjab · PIN 144216 · village code 31285

Population 2011

980

Census of India

Population 2020

1,101

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+12.3%

121 people · 1.3% a year

Households

207

+3.5% vs 200 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

980

Male / female

499 / 481

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

964

Children aged 0–6

108

Literacy rate

78.3%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

315 / 0

Working population

274

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

35.0%

Households

200

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 2 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Electricity

>12 hrs

Bank nearest 1 km away

Primary health centre

PHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

Non-farm households

120

Share of households farming, 2020

40%

Net sown area

2 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

0 / 0 / 2

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bhera panchayat, Talwara 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

₹9.62 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹4.79 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹1.31 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹13.10 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹5.89 lakh · received ₹2.42 lakh · spent ₹1.31 lakh · left ₹7.00 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹3.73 lakh · received ₹2.37 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹6.10 lakh

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

Location

31.9640, 75.8413 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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