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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
BK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Baljeet kaur
Contact: 98****3905
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- LGD code
- 39588
- Pincode
- 148025
- Post office
- Sherpur
- Population
- 4,183
- Households
- 804
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Sex ratio
- 904 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,432
Census 2011 · in context
How Katron (29) compares
By population, Katron (29) ranks #10 of 96 villages in Dhuri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
61.5%
−0.5% vs mandal average
- Katron (29)
- 61.5%
- Dhuri mandal
- 62.0%
- Sangrur district
- 60.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
904
+20 vs mandal average
- Katron (29)
- 904
- Dhuri mandal
- 884
Household size
people per home
5.2
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Katron (29)
- 5.2
- Dhuri mandal
- 5.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Katron (29) at a glance
Katron (29) is a village of 4,183 people in 804 households (Census 2011) in Dhuri tehsil, Sangrur district, Punjab, the 10th-largest of 96 villages in Dhuri tehsil. Literacy is 62%, about the same as the tehsil average of 62% and the sex ratio is 904 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 148025, served by Sherpur post office; the LGD village code is 39588. The sarpanch is Baljeet kaur. The population is estimated at 4,932 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Katron (29)
- LGD code
- 39588
- Pincode
- 148025
- Post office
- Sherpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,183
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,932
- Households
- 804
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 904
- Literacy rate
- 61.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sangrur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhuri
- Member of Parliament
- Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Baljeet kaur
- Block / Mandal
- Dhuri
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 148025
- Sherpur (31)Dhuri mandal6,983 pop
- Kheri Chehlan (12)Dhuri mandal4,608 pop
- Ena Bajwa (32)Dhuri mandal4,327 pop
- Tibba (16)Dhuri mandal3,360 pop
- Herike (37)Dhuri mandal3,177 pop
- Badi (29)Dhuri mandal2,653 pop
- Gurbaxpura (17)Dhuri mandal2,618 pop
- Changli (24)Dhuri mandal2,402 pop
- Patti Khalil (30)Dhuri mandal1,768 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Katron (29)
Other villages in Dhuri mandal
View all 60+ →- Sherpur (31)
- Balian (48)
- Ghanouri Kalan (43)
- Kanjla (52)
- Benra (95)
- Kheri Chehlan (12)
- Ladda (57)
- Ena Bajwa (32)
- Fatehgarh (3)
- Mimsa (86)
- Bhalwan (107)
- Kumberwal (47)
- Dhuri (94)
- Bhasor (72)
- Rangian (34)
- Bhularheri (106)
- Tibba (16)
- Herike (37)
- Mulowal (45)
- Mamedpur (101)
- Punawal (57)
- Baradwal (92)
- Dhadhogal (76)
- Kakarwala (60)
- Bhomal (65)
- Pharwahi (22)
- Badi (29)
- Badshapur (42)
- Gurbaxpura (17)
- Bugra (36)
- Rajomajra (44)
- Palasour (105)
- Kehru (62)
- Changli (24)
- Ghanour Kalan (67)
- Kila Hakima (53)
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)