Maira Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Maira is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 123 families residing. The Maira village has population of 608 of which 310 are males while 298 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maira village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 9.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maira village is 961 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Maira as per census is 875, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Maira village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Maira village was 80.47 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Maira Male literacy stands at 87.41 % while female literacy rate was 73.33 %.

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

Maira Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	123	-	-
Population	608	310	298
Child (0-6)	60	32	28
Schedule Caste	533	276	257
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	80.47 %	87.41 %	73.33 %
Total Workers	219	162	57
Main Worker	133	-	-
Marginal Worker	86	57	29

Caste Factor

In Maira village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 87.66 % of total population in Maira village. The village Maira currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maira village out of total population, 219 were engaged in work activities. 60.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 219 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.