Burj (169)
Gandiwind-9 block · Tarn Taran
district, Punjab · PIN 143002
· village code 37852
Population 2011
1,239
Census of India
Population 2020
1,326
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+7.0%
87 people · 0.8% a year
Households
220
-3.1% vs 227 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,239
Male / female
654 / 585
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
894
Children aged 0–6
164
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
785 / 0
Working population
313
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.7%
Households
227
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 2 km away
No
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
70
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
23
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
60
Non-farm households
160
Share of households farming, 2020
27%
Net sown area
263 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
263 / 263 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Burj 169 panchayat, Gandiwind-9 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
₹2.25 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹6.33 lakh
Received directly
₹5.00 lakh
Spent
₹4.11 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹9.47 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹10,017 · received ₹3.20 lakh · spent ₹3.22 lakh · left ₹5.08 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹2.15 lakh · received ₹3.13 lakh · spent ₹88,680 · left ₹4.40 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.7658, 74.8519 —
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