Sheikh (212)
Tarn Taran-12 block · Tarn Taran
district, Punjab · PIN 143415
· village code 38031
Population 2011
858
Census of India
Population 2020
1,895
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+120.9%
1,037 people · 9.2% a year
Households
215
+40.5% vs 153 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
858
Male / female
441 / 417
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
946
Children aged 0–6
95
Literacy rate
65.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
200 / 0
Working population
273
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
72.2%
Households
153
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
No
Piped tap water
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
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
68
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
14
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
22
Non-farm households
86
Share of households farming, 2020
20%
Net sown area
280 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
247 / 280 / 150
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Shekh panchayat, Tarn Taran-12 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
₹2.67 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹4.43 lakh
Received directly
₹8.00 lakh
Spent
₹11.86 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹3.25 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹94,287 · received ₹2.24 lakh · spent ₹5.06 lakh · left ₹3.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹1.73 lakh · received ₹2.19 lakh · spent ₹6.80 lakh · left ₹12,384
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.4775, 74.9161 —
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