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Gajjar Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Gajjar is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 212 families residing. The Gajjar village has population of 1059 of which 550 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajjar village population of children with age 0-6 is 131 which makes up 12.37 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajjar village is 925 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajjar as per census is 926, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gajjar village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajjar village was 68.97 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gajjar Male literacy stands at 76.14 % while female literacy rate was 61.21 %.

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

Gajjar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 212 - -
Population 1,059 550 509
Child (0-6) 131 68 63
Schedule Caste 97 52 45
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.97 % 76.14 % 61.21 %
Total Workers 342 321 21
Main Worker 296 - -
Marginal Worker 46 39 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.16 % of total population in Gajjar village. The village Gajjar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gajjar village out of total population, 342 were engaged in work activities. 86.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 342 workers engaged in Main Work, 5 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 79 were Agricultural labourer.