Akhrota Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Akhrota is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 204 families residing. The Akhrota village has population of 959 of which 503 are males while 456 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Akhrota village population of children with age 0-6 is 107 which makes up 11.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Akhrota village is 907 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Akhrota as per census is 672, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Akhrota village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Akhrota village was 79.93 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Akhrota Male literacy stands at 85.42 % while female literacy rate was 74.09 %.

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

Akhrota Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	204	-	-
Population	959	503	456
Child (0-6)	107	64	43
Schedule Caste	466	247	219
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.93 %	85.42 %	74.09 %
Total Workers	249	236	13
Main Worker	161	-	-
Marginal Worker	88	85	3

Caste Factor

In Akhrota village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.59 % of total population in Akhrota village. The village Akhrota currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Akhrota village out of total population, 249 were engaged in work activities. 64.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 249 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.