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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BALWINDER SINGH
Contact: 99****0000
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- LGD code
- 40013
- Pincode
- 148109
- Post office
- Sanghera
- Population
- 3,945
- Households
- 759
- Literacy rate
- 61%
- Sex ratio
- 890 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,187
Census 2011 · in context
How Shejra (36) compares
By population, Shejra (36) ranks #5 of 27 villages in Mehal Kalan mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.0%
−2.1% vs mandal average
- Shejra (36)
- 61.0%
- Mehal Kalan mandal
- 63.1%
- Barnala district
- 60.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
890
−2 vs mandal average
- Shejra (36)
- 890
- Mehal Kalan mandal
- 892
Household size
people per home
5.2
Same as the mandal average
- Shejra (36)
- 5.2
- Mehal Kalan mandal
- 5.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Shejra (36) at a glance
Shejra (36) is a village of 3,945 people in 759 households (Census 2011) in Mehal Kalan tehsil, Barnala district, Punjab, the 5th-largest of 27 villages in Mehal Kalan tehsil. Literacy is 61%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 63% and the sex ratio is 890 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 148109, served by Sanghera post office; the LGD village code is 40013. The sarpanch is BALWINDER SINGH, and the village votes in Mehal Kalan assembly constituency, represented by MLA Kulwant Singh Pandori. The population is estimated at 4,651 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Shejra (36)
- LGD code
- 40013
- Pincode
- 148109
- Post office
- Sanghera
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,945
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,651
- Households
- 759
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 890
- Literacy rate
- 61.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sangrur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mehal Kalan
- Member of Parliament
- Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Kulwant Singh Pandori
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BALWINDER SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Mehal Kalan
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 148109
- Karamgarh (48)Barnala mandal4,147 pop
- Bazid Ke Khurd (45)Mehal Kalan mandal2,448 pop
- Nangal (22)Barnala mandal2,434 pop
- Bazid Ke Kalan (44)Mehal Kalan mandal2,287 pop
- Amla Singh Wala (47)Barnala mandal2,104 pop
- Bhadal Wadh (46)Barnala mandal1,892 pop
- Chuhan Ke Kalan (37)Mehal Kalan mandal1,805 pop
- Chohan Ke Khurd (38)Barnala mandal1,788 pop
- Thulewal (26)Barnala mandal1,702 pop
Other villages in Mehal Kalan mandal
View all 26 →- Mehal Kalan (34)
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- Thuliwal (19)
- Kurar (8)
- Chhapa (3)
- Moom (25)
- Mehalkhurd (33)
- Mangewal (9)
- Kalalmajra (81)
- Gurm (21)
- Kutwa (1)
- Bazid Ke Khurd (45)
- Sahaur (425)
- Pandori (32)
- Bazid Ke Kalan (44)
- Gumti (18)
- Lohgarh (4)
- Dhaner (28)
- Nihaluwal (84)
- Chuhan Ke Kalan (37)
- Gangouhar (31)
- Hardaspura (2)
- Khiali (424)
- Kirpal Singh Wala (82)
- Manal (10)
- Bahmnian (85)
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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)