Jhita Kalan (262)
Verka block · Amritsar
district, Punjab · PIN 143001
· village code 37576
Population 2011
3,991
Census of India
Population 2020
3,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
-24.8%
-991 people · -3.1% a year
Households
400
-44.7% vs 723 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,991
Male / female
2,098 / 1,893
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
902
Children aged 0–6
507
Literacy rate
57.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,334 / 0
Working population
1,431
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
49.1%
Households
723
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 7 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Jhita Kalan 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
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
250
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
42
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
0
Non-farm households
0
Net sown area
2 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2 / 2 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Jhita Kalan panchayat, Verka 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
₹1
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹8.94 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1.06 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹7.88 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹0 · received ₹4.52 lakh · spent ₹9,450 · left ₹4.42 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1 · received ₹4.42 lakh · spent ₹96,900 · left ₹3.46 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.6216, 74.9262 —
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