Gandhian Population, Caste, Working Data Gurdaspur, Punjab - Census 2011

Gandhian is a village situated in Gurdaspur tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 517 families residing in the village Gandhian. The total population of Gandhian is 2,696 out of which 1,386 are males and 1,310 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Gandhian is 945.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Gandhian village is 311 which is 12% of the total population. There are 151 male children and 160 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Gandhian is 1,060 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (945) of Gandhian village.

Population
2,696
Families
517
Literacy
77.44%
Sex Ratio
945

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Gandhian is 77.4%. Thus Gandhian village has higher literacy rate compared to 71.1% of Gurdaspur district. The male literacy rate is 83.4% and the female literacy rate is 71.04% in Gandhian village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Gandhian village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Gandhian Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Gandhian village.

Total Male Female
Children 311 151 160
Literacy 77.44% 83.4% 71.04%
Scheduled Caste 1,620 825 795
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 849 356 493

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.1% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Gandhian village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Gandhian village out of total population, 864 were engaged in work activities. 96.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 864 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 832 733 99
Cultivators 77 69 8
Agriculture Labourer 37 33 4
Household Industries 38 17 21
Other Workers 680 614 66
Marginal Workers 32 24 8
Non Working 1,832 629 1,203

Nearby Villages to Gandhian,

Below are the list of villages near Gandhian village in Gurdaspur.

Village Population
Bhola 739
Kharal 1,030
Dala 541
Chulla 1,174
Matwan 863
Maddowal 809
Keshopur 535
Paniar 4,537
Gidar Windi 673
Jahangirpur 301

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