# Alkran Village, Tapa, Barnala (Punjab) – PIN Code & Facilities

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Village · Tapa, Barnala 

# Alkran

Alkran is a village in Tapa sub-district of Barnala district, Punjab, PIN code **148102**. The 2011 Census counted **2,019 people in 385 households**, the 32nd largest of 50 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 2,019people (2011)
- 385households
- 63.5%literacy
- 148102PIN code

## Alkran PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Alkran is 148102.** Alkran falls in Tapa sub-district, Barnala district, Punjab.

- PIN code148102
- Gram panchayatAlkran
- Community development blockSehna
- Census village code040064

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Alkran from nearby towns?

- Tapa (sub-district HQ)23 km by road
- Barnala (district HQ)28 km by road
- Bhadaur (nearest town)5 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Alkran?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Alkran; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Veterinary hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Tapa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Barnala
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Barnala
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Alkran known for?

The main crops are **paddy and wheat**. About 88% of the 467 hectares of village land is sown, and 409 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Alkran

Of every 100 households in Alkran in 2011, 96 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 49 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Alkran · ■ Tapa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**96%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****18%**

**19%

Tap water ****61%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**77%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**30%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**64%

Use banking services ****41%**

**58%

Television ****81%**

**74%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**70%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****49%**

**41%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**10%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Alkran?

■ Alkran · ■ Tapa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.5%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****901**

**887

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**842

Working population ****30.8%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.9% for men and 58.7% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 243 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (32%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 136 (22%) · **■** Marginal 41 (7%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Tapa

- Talwandi2,405 people
- Mehta2,304 people
- Chhiniwal Khurd2,200 people
- Draka2,193 people
- Patti Mohar Singh1,813 people
- Badhata1,771 people
- Chhana Gulabsingh1,549 people
- Chung1,494 people

[All 50 villages in Tapa](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/barnala/tapa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Alkran?148102
- How far is Alkran from Barnala?28 km by road
- What is the population of Alkran?2,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Alkran in?Barnala district (Tapa sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Alkran?63.5% (Census 2011)