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Rikhia Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Rikhia is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 153 families residing. The Rikhia village has population of 848 of which 467 are males while 381 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rikhia village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 8.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rikhia village is 816 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Rikhia as per census is 767, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Rikhia village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Rikhia village was 79.79 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Rikhia Male literacy stands at 79.01 % while female literacy rate was 80.75 %.

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

Rikhia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 153 - -
Population 848 467 381
Child (0-6) 76 43 33
Schedule Caste 123 68 55
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.79 % 79.01 % 80.75 %
Total Workers 346 293 53
Main Worker 185 - -
Marginal Worker 161 119 42

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.50 % of total population in Rikhia village. The village Rikhia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rikhia village out of total population, 346 were engaged in work activities. 53.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 346 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.