Khichian Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Khichian is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 176 families residing. The Khichian village has population of 932 of which 496 are males while 436 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khichian village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 8.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khichian village is 879 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Khichian as per census is 729, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Khichian village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Khichian village was 76.80 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Khichian Male literacy stands at 81.03 % while female literacy rate was 72.07 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Khichian village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Khichian village.

Khichian Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	176	-	-
Population	932	496	436
Child (0-6)	83	48	35
Schedule Caste	466	250	216
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	76.80 %	81.03 %	72.07 %
Total Workers	657	359	298
Main Worker	585	-	-
Marginal Worker	72	40	32

Caste Factor

In Khichian village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.00 % of total population in Khichian village. The village Khichian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khichian village out of total population, 657 were engaged in work activities. 89.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 657 workers engaged in Main Work, 219 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 162 were Agricultural labourer.