Ghurk Wind Population - Tarn Taran, Punjab

Ghurk Wind is a large village located in Patti Tehsil of Tarn Taran district, Punjab with total 375 families residing. The Ghurk Wind village has population of 2098 of which 1107 are males while 991 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghurk Wind village population of children with age 0-6 is 284 which makes up 13.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghurk Wind village is 895 which is equal than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghurk Wind as per census is 832, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Ghurk Wind village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghurk Wind village was 67.64 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Ghurk Wind Male literacy stands at 73.63 % while female literacy rate was 61.02 %.

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

Ghurk Wind Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	375	-	-
Population	2,098	1,107	991
Child (0-6)	284	155	129
Schedule Caste	889	472	417
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	67.64 %	73.63 %	61.02 %
Total Workers	696	606	90
Main Worker	568	-	-
Marginal Worker	128	78	50

Caste Factor

In Ghurk Wind village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.37 % of total population in Ghurk Wind village. The village Ghurk Wind currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghurk Wind village out of total population, 696 were engaged in work activities. 81.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 696 workers engaged in Main Work, 176 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 165 were Agricultural labourer.