Mehdud Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Mehdud is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 171 families residing. The Mehdud village has population of 825 of which 429 are males while 396 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehdud village population of children with age 0-6 is 114 which makes up 13.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehdud village is 923 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehdud as per census is 900, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Mehdud village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehdud village was 77.64 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mehdud Male literacy stands at 87.53 % while female literacy rate was 66.96 %.

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

Mehdud Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	171	-	-
Population	825	429	396
Child (0-6)	114	60	54
Schedule Caste	481	264	217
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.64 %	87.53 %	66.96 %
Total Workers	302	249	53
Main Worker	228	-	-
Marginal Worker	74	46	28

Caste Factor

In Mehdud village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.30 % of total population in Mehdud village. The village Mehdud currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mehdud village out of total population, 302 were engaged in work activities. 75.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 302 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.