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Gandhian Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Gandhian is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 517 families residing. The Gandhian village has population of 2696 of which 1386 are males while 1310 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhian village population of children with age 0-6 is 311 which makes up 11.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhian village is 945 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhian as per census is 1060, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gandhian village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhian village was 77.44 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gandhian Male literacy stands at 83.40 % while female literacy rate was 71.04 %.

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

Gandhian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 517 - -
Population 2,696 1,386 1,310
Child (0-6) 311 151 160
Schedule Caste 1,620 825 795
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.44 % 83.40 % 71.04 %
Total Workers 864 757 107
Main Worker 832 - -
Marginal Worker 32 24 8

Caste Factor

In Gandhian village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.09 % of total population in Gandhian village. The village Gandhian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandhian village out of total population, 864 were engaged in work activities. 96.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 864 workers engaged in Main Work, 77 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.