Buchar Kalan (193)
Gandiwind-9 block · Tarn Taran
district, Punjab · PIN 143402
· village code 38037
Population 2011
2,511
Census of India
Population 2020
3,180
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+26.6%
669 people · 2.7% a year
Households
520
+14.0% vs 456 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,511
Male / female
1,292 / 1,219
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
943
Children aged 0–6
315
Literacy rate
54.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
991 / 0
Working population
873
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
79.5%
Households
456
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 nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
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
150
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
30
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
182
Non-farm households
33
Share of households farming, 2020
85%
Net sown area
291 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
291 / 291 / 2
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhuchar Kalan 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
₹6.03 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹12.54 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹1,880
Unspent at year end
₹18.55 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5,712 · received ₹6.33 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹6.39 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹5.98 lakh · received ₹6.20 lakh · spent ₹1,880 · left ₹12.16 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
31.5135, 74.7125 —
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