Jani Chak Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Jani Chak is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 99 families residing. The Jani Chak village has population of 562 of which 296 are males while 266 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jani Chak village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 9.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jani Chak village is 899 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jani Chak as per census is 588, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Jani Chak village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jani Chak village was 83.07 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jani Chak Male literacy stands at 88.55 % while female literacy rate was 77.24 %.

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

Jani Chak Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	99	-	-
Population	562	296	266
Child (0-6)	54	34	20
Schedule Caste	145	79	66
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.07 %	88.55 %	77.24 %
Total Workers	136	133	3
Main Worker	119	-	-
Marginal Worker	17	17	0

Caste Factor

Jani Chak village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.80 % of total population in Jani Chak village. The village Jani Chak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jani Chak village out of total population, 136 were engaged in work activities. 87.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 136 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 31 were Agricultural labourer.