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Gajjal Population - Tarn Taran, Punjab

Gajjal is a medium size village located in Patti Tehsil of Tarn Taran district, Punjab with total 223 families residing. The Gajjal village has population of 1358 of which 708 are males while 650 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajjal village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 13.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajjal village is 918 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajjal as per census is 1022, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gajjal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajjal village was 60.22 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gajjal Male literacy stands at 64.99 % while female literacy rate was 54.94 %.

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

Gajjal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 223 - -
Population 1,358 708 650
Child (0-6) 184 91 93
Schedule Caste 381 189 192
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.22 % 64.99 % 54.94 %
Total Workers 821 424 397
Main Worker 676 - -
Marginal Worker 145 57 88

Caste Factor

Gajjal village of Tarn Taran has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.06 % of total population in Gajjal village. The village Gajjal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gajjal village out of total population, 821 were engaged in work activities. 82.34 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.66 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 821 workers engaged in Main Work, 158 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 97 were Agricultural labourer.