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Rahon Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Rahon is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 276 families residing. The Rahon village has population of 1262 of which 641 are males while 621 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rahon village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 11.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rahon village is 969 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Rahon as per census is 918, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Rahon village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Rahon village was 76.20 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Rahon Male literacy stands at 81.87 % while female literacy rate was 70.40 %.

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

Rahon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 276 - -
Population 1,262 641 621
Child (0-6) 140 73 67
Schedule Caste 407 218 189
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.20 % 81.87 % 70.40 %
Total Workers 447 381 66
Main Worker 411 - -
Marginal Worker 36 23 13

Caste Factor

Rahon village of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.25 % of total population in Rahon village. The village Rahon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rahon village out of total population, 447 were engaged in work activities. 91.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 447 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 75 were Agricultural labourer.