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By population, Shekha (51) ranks #2 of 51 villages in Barnala mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shekha (51) is a village of 7,594 people in 1,457 households (Census 2011) in Barnala tehsil, Barnala district, Punjab, the 2nd-largest of 51 villages in Barnala tehsil. Literacy is 57%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 864 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 148024, served by Dhuri post office; the LGD village code is 39991. The sarpanch is Jagsir Singh , and the village votes in Barnala assembly constituency, represented by MLA Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer. The population is estimated at 8,953 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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