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Handesra Population - Mohali, Punjab

Handesra is a medium size village located in Dera Bassi Tehsil of Mohali district, Punjab with total 357 families residing. The Handesra village has population of 1929 of which 1011 are males while 918 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Handesra village population of children with age 0-6 is 223 which makes up 11.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Handesra village is 908 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Handesra as per census is 843, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Handesra village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Handesra village was 71.81 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Handesra Male literacy stands at 79.55 % while female literacy rate was 63.36 %.

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

Handesra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 357 - -
Population 1,929 1,011 918
Child (0-6) 223 121 102
Schedule Caste 458 238 220
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.81 % 79.55 % 63.36 %
Total Workers 595 541 54
Main Worker 580 - -
Marginal Worker 15 12 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.74 % of total population in Handesra village. The village Handesra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Handesra village out of total population, 595 were engaged in work activities. 97.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 595 workers engaged in Main Work, 167 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.