Gharachon Population, Caste, Working Data Sangrur, Punjab - Census 2011

Gharachon is a village situated in Sangrur tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 1,340 families residing in the village Gharachon. The total population of Gharachon is 7,089 out of which 3,750 are males and 3,339 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Gharachon is 890.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Gharachon village is 680 which is 10% of the total population. There are 382 male children and 298 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Gharachon is 780 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (890) of Gharachon village.

Population
7,089
Families
1,340
Literacy
64.74%
Sex Ratio
890

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Gharachon is 64.7%. Thus Gharachon village has higher literacy rate compared to 60.5% of Sangrur district. The male literacy rate is 69.95% and the female literacy rate is 58.96% in Gharachon village.

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

Gharachon Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 680 382 298
Literacy 64.74% 69.95% 58.96%
Scheduled Caste 2,122 1,116 1,006
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 2,940 1,394 1,546

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.9% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Gharachon village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Gharachon village out of total population, 2,505 were engaged in work activities. 85.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2,505 workers engaged in Main Work, 987 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 299 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 2,136 1,799 337
Cultivators 987 940 47
Agriculture Labourer 299 273 26
Household Industries 145 130 15
Other Workers 705 456 249
Marginal Workers 369 242 127
Non Working 4,584 1,709 2,875

Nearby Villages to Gharachon,

Below are the list of villages near Gharachon village in Sangrur.

Village Population
Sangheri 2,170
Gurdaspura 1,165
Nagra 4,062
Ghabdan 3,334
Akbarpur 1,471
Laddi 1,351
Bijalpur 1,699
Rupaheri 1,259
Basiarkh 2,394
Balian 3,506

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