Garcha Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Garcha is a large village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 454 families residing. The Garcha village has population of 2078 of which 1031 are males while 1047 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garcha village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 8.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garcha village is 1016 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Garcha as per census is 910, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Garcha village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Garcha village was 82.02 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Garcha Male literacy stands at 85.99 % while female literacy rate was 78.16 %.

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

Garcha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	454	-	-
Population	2,078	1,031	1,047
Child (0-6)	170	89	81
Schedule Caste	941	474	467
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	82.02 %	85.99 %	78.16 %
Total Workers	630	580	50
Main Worker	573	-	-
Marginal Worker	57	45	12

Caste Factor

In Garcha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.28 % of total population in Garcha village. The village Garcha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garcha village out of total population, 630 were engaged in work activities. 90.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 630 workers engaged in Main Work, 228 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.