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Jalahar Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Jalahar is a medium size village located in Dhar Kalan Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 107 families residing. The Jalahar village has population of 487 of which 256 are males while 231 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jalahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 11.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jalahar village is 902 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jalahar as per census is 1231, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jalahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jalahar village was 86.48 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jalahar Male literacy stands at 93.04 % while female literacy rate was 78.89 %.

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

Jalahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 107 - -
Population 487 256 231
Child (0-6) 58 26 32
Schedule Caste 32 17 15
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.48 % 93.04 % 78.89 %
Total Workers 144 99 45
Main Worker 90 - -
Marginal Worker 54 40 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.57 % of total population in Jalahar village. The village Jalahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jalahar village out of total population, 144 were engaged in work activities. 62.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 144 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.