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Jakhbar Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Jakhbar is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 147 families residing. The Jakhbar village has population of 700 of which 371 are males while 329 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakhbar village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 9.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakhbar village is 887 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakhbar as per census is 737, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Jakhbar village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakhbar village was 68.45 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jakhbar Male literacy stands at 89.79 % while female literacy rate was 44.85 %.

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

Jakhbar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 147 - -
Population 700 371 329
Child (0-6) 66 38 28
Schedule Caste 214 113 101
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.45 % 89.79 % 44.85 %
Total Workers 223 203 20
Main Worker 105 - -
Marginal Worker 118 110 8

Caste Factor

Jakhbar village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.57 % of total population in Jakhbar village. The village Jakhbar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jakhbar village out of total population, 223 were engaged in work activities. 47.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 223 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.