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Gehri Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Gehri is a large village located in Amritsar -I Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 1246 families residing. The Gehri village has population of 6612 of which 3468 are males while 3144 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gehri village population of children with age 0-6 is 670 which makes up 10.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gehri village is 907 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gehri as per census is 787, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gehri village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gehri village was 74.28 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gehri Male literacy stands at 78.86 % while female literacy rate was 69.32 %.

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

Gehri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,246 - -
Population 6,612 3,468 3,144
Child (0-6) 670 375 295
Schedule Caste 3,023 1,609 1,414
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.28 % 78.86 % 69.32 %
Total Workers 2,310 1,920 390
Main Worker 2,198 - -
Marginal Worker 112 59 53

Caste Factor

In Gehri village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.72 % of total population in Gehri village. The village Gehri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gehri village out of total population, 2310 were engaged in work activities. 95.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2310 workers engaged in Main Work, 241 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 182 were Agricultural labourer.