Gharachon (108)
Bhawani Garh block · Sangrur
district, Punjab · PIN 148029
· village code 39735
Population 2011
7,089
Census of India
Population 2020
7,389
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+4.2%
300 people · 0.5% a year
Households
1,400
+4.5% vs 1,340 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,089
Male / female
3,750 / 3,339
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
890
Children aged 0–6
680
Literacy rate
58.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
2,122 / 0
Working population
2,505
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
57.0%
Households
1,340
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 10 km away
No
High school nearest 10 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
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
45
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
450
Non-farm households
250
Share of households farming, 2020
64%
Net sown area
2,870 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
2,870 / 2,870 / 0
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gharachon 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
₹25.11 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹37.10 lakh
Received directly
₹18.50 lakh
Spent
₹46.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.66 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹1.09 lakh · received ₹18.75 lakh · spent ₹16.11 lakh · left ₹12.22 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹24.02 lakh · received ₹18.36 lakh · spent ₹29.94 lakh · left ₹22.44 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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