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Gandhran Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Gandhran is a large village located in Nakodar Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 405 families residing. The Gandhran village has population of 2039 of which 1026 are males while 1013 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhran village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 11.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhran village is 987 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhran as per census is 856, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gandhran village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhran village was 75.43 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gandhran Male literacy stands at 79.47 % while female literacy rate was 71.41 %.

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

Gandhran Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 405 - -
Population 2,039 1,026 1,013
Child (0-6) 232 125 107
Schedule Caste 846 426 420
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.43 % 79.47 % 71.41 %
Total Workers 560 505 55
Main Worker 512 - -
Marginal Worker 48 42 6

Caste Factor

In Gandhran village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.49 % of total population in Gandhran village. The village Gandhran currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandhran village out of total population, 560 were engaged in work activities. 91.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 560 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.