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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Gurvinder Singh
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- LGD code
- 36196
- Pincode
- 147101
- Post office
- Samana
- Population
- 682
- Households
- 129
- Literacy rate
- 62.2%
- Sex ratio
- 916 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 227
Census 2011 · in context
How Kakra (13) compares
By population, Kakra (13) ranks #59 of 73 villages in Samana mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.2%
+7.2% vs mandal average
- Kakra (13)
- 62.2%
- Samana mandal
- 55.0%
- Patiala district
- 66.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
916
+31 vs mandal average
- Kakra (13)
- 916
- Samana mandal
- 885
Household size
people per home
5.3
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kakra (13)
- 5.3
- Samana mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kakra (13) at a glance
Kakra (13) is a village of 682 people in 129 households (Census 2011) in Samana tehsil, Patiala district, Punjab, the 59th-largest of 73 villages in Samana tehsil. Literacy is 62%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 55% and the sex ratio is 916 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 147101, served by Samana post office; the LGD village code is 36196. The sarpanch is Gurvinder Singh, and the village votes in Samana assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chetan Singh Jouramajra. The population is estimated at 804 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kakra (13)
- LGD code
- 36196
- Pincode
- 147101
- Post office
- Samana
- Population (Census 2011)
- 682
- Population (projected 2026)
- 804
- Households
- 129
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 916
- Literacy rate
- 62.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Patiala
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Samana
- Member of Parliament
- Dharamvir Gandhi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Chetan Singh Jouramajra
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Gurvinder Singh
- Block / Mandal
- Samana
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 147101
- Kularan (62)Samana mandal6,707 pop
- Samana(Rural) (87)Samana mandal5,825 pop
- Bahmana (88)Samana mandal4,800 pop
- Balbhehra (195)Patiala mandal4,675 pop
- Dhanetha (75)Samana mandal3,862 pop
- Gajewas (93)Samana mandal3,709 pop
- Laluchhi (67)Patiala mandal3,517 pop
- Talwandi Malik (94)Samana mandal3,446 pop
- Fatehgarh Chhana (55)Samana mandal3,330 pop
Other villages in Samana mandal
View all 60+ →- Kakrala (71)
- Kularan (62)
- Samana(Rural) (87)
- Bahmana (88)
- Dhanetha (75)
- Gajewas (93)
- Talwandi Malik (94)
- Fatehgarh Chhana (55)
- Marauri (87)
- Rajla (179)
- Mavi Kalan (74)
- Kulburchha (61)
- Fatehgarh Urf Retgarh(76)
- Bujrak (70)
- Bhagwanpura Alias Khatriwala (95)
- Shahpur (73)
- Chohat (57)
- Mardan Heri (85)
- Dhanauri (177)
- Kahangarh Bhutna (89)
- Miyal (83)
- Majri (64)
- Badanpur (181)
- Kadrabad (60)
- Gazipur (90)
- Danipur (10)
- Ghiora (182)
- Badshahpur (Kaleki) (77)
- Fatehpur (11)
- Dhenthal (78)
- Alampur (61)
- Asmanpur (90)
- Chutehra (19)
- Tarkhan Majra (79)
- Dullar (170)
- Rattan Heri (89)
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, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)