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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gurwail Singh
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- LGD code
- 37497
- Pincode
- 143502
- Post office
- Kathunangal
- Population
- 826
- Households
- 156
- Literacy rate
- 65.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1045 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 254
Census 2011 · in context
How Alkareh (225) compares
By population, Alkareh (225) ranks #68 of 91 villages in Majitha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
65.5%
+3.0% vs mandal average
- Alkareh (225)
- 65.5%
- Majitha mandal
- 62.5%
- Amritsar district
- 67.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,045
+127 vs mandal average
- Alkareh (225)
- 1,045
- Majitha mandal
- 918
Household size
people per home
5.3
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Alkareh (225)
- 5.3
- Majitha mandal
- 5.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Alkareh (225) at a glance
Alkareh (225) is a village of 826 people in 156 households (Census 2011) in Majitha tehsil, Amritsar district, Punjab, the 68th-largest of 91 villages in Majitha tehsil. Literacy is 66%, 3 points above the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 1,045 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 143502, served by Kathunangal post office; the LGD village code is 37497. The sarpanch is Gurwail Singh, and the village votes in Majitha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ganieve Kaur Majithia. The population is estimated at 974 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Alkareh (225)
- LGD code
- 37497
- Pincode
- 143502
- Post office
- Kathunangal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 826
- Population (projected 2026)
- 974
- Households
- 156
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1045
- Literacy rate
- 65.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Amritsar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Majitha
- Member of Parliament
- Gurjeet Singh Aujla
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ganieve Kaur Majithia
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gurwail Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Majitha
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)