Kalajhar (28)
Bhawani Garh block · Sangrur
district, Punjab · PIN 148026
· village code 39693
Population 2011
1,519
Census of India
Population 2020
1,800
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+18.5%
281 people · 1.9% a year
Households
350
+23.7% vs 283 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,519
Male / female
785 / 734
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
935
Children aged 0–6
142
Literacy rate
63.3%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
567 / 0
Working population
498
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
70.1%
Households
283
Village facilities, 2020
This village spans 2 gram panchayats and was
surveyed once by each. The figures below are from
Kalajhar panchayat's return.
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
No
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 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
35
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
12
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
150
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
65%
Net sown area
385 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
385 / 385 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Kalajhar panchayat, Bhawani Garh 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
₹8.91 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹5.16 lakh
Received directly
₹12.20 lakh
Spent
₹2.28 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹23.99 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23,990 · received ₹2.61 lakh · spent ₹0 · left ₹11.85 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹8.67 lakh · received ₹2.55 lakh · spent ₹2.28 lakh · left ₹12.14 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
30.2883, 76.0994 —
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