Bhedwal (29)
Shambu Kalan block · Patiala
district, Punjab · PIN 140401
· village code 36987
The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change
is shown. Census 2011 recorded 1,425 people; Mission Antyodaya
2020 recorded 761 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot
tell which.
Census 2011
Total population
1,425
Male / female
741 / 684
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
923
Children aged 0–6
142
Literacy rate
74.2%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
197 / 0
Working population
442
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
50.7%
Households
267
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Bhedwal panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
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
35
Teachers
2
Students per teacher
18
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
25
Share of households farming, 2020
71%
Net sown area
202 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
199 / 202 / 4
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhedwal panchayat, Shambu Kalan 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
₹10.33 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹3.44 lakh
Received directly
₹8.38 lakh
Spent
₹13.24 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹8.91 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹7.21 lakh · received ₹1.74 lakh · spent ₹11.73 lakh · left ₹5.60 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹3.12 lakh · received ₹1.70 lakh · spent ₹1.51 lakh · left ₹3.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
30.4865, 76.5884 —
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How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Patiala district ·
School
staffing across Patiala ·
…and across Punjab