Gehlan Population - Sangrur, Punjab

Gehlan is a medium size village located in Sangrur Tehsil of Sangrur district, Punjab with total 152 families residing. The Gehlan village has population of 822 of which 463 are males while 359 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gehlan village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 11.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gehlan village is 775 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gehlan as per census is 685, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gehlan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gehlan village was 66.62 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gehlan Male literacy stands at 73.84 % while female literacy rate was 57.45 %.

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

Gehlan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	152	-	-
Population	822	463	359
Child (0-6)	91	54	37
Schedule Caste	264	154	110
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	66.62 %	73.84 %	57.45 %
Total Workers	428	280	148
Main Worker	341	-	-
Marginal Worker	87	61	26

Caste Factor

Gehlan village of Sangrur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.12 % of total population in Gehlan village. The village Gehlan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gehlan village out of total population, 428 were engaged in work activities. 79.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 428 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.