Bija Population - Ludhiana, Punjab

Bija is a large village located in Khanna Tehsil of Ludhiana district, Punjab with total 660 families residing. The Bija village has population of 3167 of which 1672 are males while 1495 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bija village population of children with age 0-6 is 342 which makes up 10.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bija village is 894 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bija as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Bija village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bija village was 80.25 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bija Male literacy stands at 83.28 % while female literacy rate was 76.81 %.

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

Bija Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	660	-	-
Population	3,167	1,672	1,495
Child (0-6)	342	171	171
Schedule Caste	1,311	696	615
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	80.25 %	83.28 %	76.81 %
Total Workers	1,030	913	117
Main Worker	987	-	-
Marginal Worker	43	32	11

Caste Factor

In Bija village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.40 % of total population in Bija village. The village Bija currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bija village out of total population, 1030 were engaged in work activities. 95.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1030 workers engaged in Main Work, 194 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.