Sandher Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Sandher is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 118 families residing. The Sandher village has population of 555 of which 284 are males while 271 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sandher village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 13.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sandher village is 954 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sandher as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sandher village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sandher village was 74.53 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sandher Male literacy stands at 77.64 % while female literacy rate was 71.24 %.

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

Sandher Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	118	-	-
Population	555	284	271
Child (0-6)	76	38	38
Schedule Caste	248	131	117
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.53 %	77.64 %	71.24 %
Total Workers	260	151	109
Main Worker	149	-	-
Marginal Worker	111	31	80

Caste Factor

In Sandher village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.68 % of total population in Sandher village. The village Sandher currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sandher village out of total population, 260 were engaged in work activities. 57.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 260 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.