Thopia (389)

Balachaur block · Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab · PIN 144521 · village code 32439

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 2,526 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,351 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

2,526

Male / female

1,302 / 1,224

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

940

Children aged 0–6

301

Literacy rate

61.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

485 / 0

Working population

784

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

24.0%

Households

523

Village facilities, 2020

This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was surveyed once by each. The figures below are from New Thopia panchayat's return.

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

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 2 km away

Primary health centre

CHC

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

153

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

71%

Net sown area

68 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

58 / 68 / 0

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for New Thopia 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

₹6.87 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹1.99 lakh

Received directly

—

Spent

₹18,802

Unspent at year end

₹8.67 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹3.00 lakh · received ₹1.01 lakh · spent ₹18,802 · left ₹3.82 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹3.87 lakh · received ₹98,675 · spent ₹0 · left ₹4.86 lakh

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

Location

31.0623, 76.3015 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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