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Wazirpur Afganan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Wazirpur Afganan is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 103 families residing. The Wazirpur Afganan village has population of 591 of which 300 are males while 291 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wazirpur Afganan village population of children with age 0-6 is 66 which makes up 11.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wazirpur Afganan village is 970 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Wazirpur Afganan as per census is 886, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Wazirpur Afganan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Wazirpur Afganan village was 78.86 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Wazirpur Afganan Male literacy stands at 82.64 % while female literacy rate was 75.00 %.

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

Wazirpur Afganan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 591 300 291
Child (0-6) 66 35 31
Schedule Caste 75 40 35
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.86 % 82.64 % 75.00 %
Total Workers 176 148 28
Main Worker 164 - -
Marginal Worker 12 9 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.69 % of total population in Wazirpur Afganan village. The village Wazirpur Afganan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Wazirpur Afganan village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 93.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.