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

Gharkian is a village situated in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 103 families residing in the village Gharkian. The total population of Gharkian is 594 out of which 310 are males and 284 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Gharkian is 916.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Gharkian village is 85 which is 14% of the total population. There are 54 male children and 31 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Gharkian is 574 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (916) of Gharkian village.

Population
594
Families
103
Literacy
67.58%
Sex Ratio
916

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Gharkian is 67.6%. Thus Gharkian village has lower literacy rate compared to 71.1% of Gurdaspur district. The male literacy rate is 69.92% and the female literacy rate is 65.22% in Gharkian village.

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

Gharkian Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 85 54 31
Literacy 67.58% 69.92% 65.22%
Scheduled Caste 23 13 10
Scheduled Tribe 0 0 0
Illiterate 250 131 119

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.9% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0% of total population in Gharkian village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Gharkian village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 99.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 175 166 9
Cultivators 88 88 0
Agriculture Labourer 4 4 0
Other Workers 83 74 9
Marginal Workers 1 1 0
Non Working 418 143 275

Nearby Villages to Gharkian,

Below are the list of villages near Gharkian village in Batala.

Village Population
Badowal Khurd 1,378
Dhanda 438
Badowal Kalan 1,667
Lala Nangal 436
Dadu Jodh 930
Jhanjian Khurd 702
Sham Sherpur 2,558
Manjian Wali 1,439
Chataurgarh 1,111
Muridke 968

Reference