Bihran (274)

Garhshankar block · Hoshiarpur district, Punjab · PIN 144528 · village code 31958

Population 2011

1,299

Census of India

Population 2020

1,167

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

-10.2%

-132 people · -1.2% a year

Households

233

-11.1% vs 262 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

1,299

Male / female

667 / 632

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

948

Children aged 0–6

161

Literacy rate

64.5%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

577 / 0

Working population

438

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

47.3%

Households

262

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

>12 hrs

Bank

Yes

Primary health centre nearest 5 km away

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

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

100

Non-farm households

133

Share of households farming, 2020

43%

Net sown area

178 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

178 / 178 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Bihran panchayat, Garhshankar 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

₹10.80 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹6.40 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹2.35 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹14.85 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.22 lakh · received ₹3.23 lakh · spent ₹50,000 · left ₹5.95 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹7.58 lakh · received ₹3.17 lakh · spent ₹1.85 lakh · left ₹8.89 lakh

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

Location

31.4222, 75.9937 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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