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Paracha Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Paracha is a medium size village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 157 families residing. The Paracha village has population of 793 of which 412 are males while 381 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paracha village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 13.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paracha village is 925 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Paracha as per census is 810, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Paracha village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Paracha village was 71.80 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Paracha Male literacy stands at 78.53 % while female literacy rate was 64.67 %.

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

Paracha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 793 412 381
Child (0-6) 105 58 47
Schedule Caste 47 25 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.80 % 78.53 % 64.67 %
Total Workers 212 196 16
Main Worker 199 - -
Marginal Worker 13 10 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.93 % of total population in Paracha village. The village Paracha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paracha village out of total population, 212 were engaged in work activities. 93.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 212 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.