Mehat Population - Kapurthala, Punjab

Mehat is a large village located in Phagwara Tehsil of Kapurthala district, Punjab with total 631 families residing. The Mehat village has population of 2856 of which 1432 are males while 1424 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehat village population of children with age 0-6 is 272 which makes up 9.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehat village is 994 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehat as per census is 1045, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Mehat village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehat village was 78.91 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mehat Male literacy stands at 83.91 % while female literacy rate was 73.85 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mehat 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 Mehat village.

Mehat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	631	-	-
Population	2,856	1,432	1,424
Child (0-6)	272	133	139
Schedule Caste	2,082	1,026	1,056
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.91 %	83.91 %	73.85 %
Total Workers	758	696	62
Main Worker	718	-	-
Marginal Worker	40	27	13

Caste Factor

In Mehat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 72.90 % of total population in Mehat village. The village Mehat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mehat village out of total population, 758 were engaged in work activities. 94.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 758 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.