Chahal (202)
Balachaur block · Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
district, Punjab · PIN 144522
· village code 32405
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,207 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 630 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,207
Male / female
630 / 577
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
916
Children aged 0–6
155
Literacy rate
69.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
628 / 0
Working population
381
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
33.6%
Households
229
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Chahal 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
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
28
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Boys
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
40
Non-farm households
85
Share of households farming, 2020
32%
Net sown area
113 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
113 / 111 / 12
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chahal panchayat, Balachaur 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
₹50,000
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.04 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹0
Unspent at year end
₹3.54 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹0 · received ₹1.54 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹1.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹50,000 · received ₹1.51 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹2.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.1171, 76.3560 —
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