Issues income, caste, domicile, residence and EWS certificates, and maintains land records under the state revenue code.
29% of women in Barnala own land in their name, behind the typical district. 56.8% own a house in their name, better than the typical district. The Tehsil Office maintains the land records that underlie ownership like this.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Small and medium enterprises account for 3.3% of MSME employment. Enrolment in classes 9 to 12 equals 85% of the population of that age.
In Barnala, which ranks 11 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on households in the poorest wealth group at 1.4%, against 17.3% nationally. On women with a bank account at 85.4%, it sits close to the national mark.