Takhar Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Takhar is a medium size village located in Phillaur Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 162 families residing. The Takhar village has population of 757 of which 389 are males while 368 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Takhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 10.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Takhar village is 946 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Takhar as per census is 520, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Takhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Takhar village was 81.64 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Takhar Male literacy stands at 86.14 % while female literacy rate was 77.19 %.

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

Takhar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	162	-	-
Population	757	389	368
Child (0-6)	76	50	26
Schedule Caste	431	222	209
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	81.64 %	86.14 %	77.19 %
Total Workers	219	187	32
Main Worker	196	-	-
Marginal Worker	23	21	2

Caste Factor

In Takhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.94 % of total population in Takhar village. The village Takhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Takhar village out of total population, 219 were engaged in work activities. 89.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 219 workers engaged in Main Work, 45 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.