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Buh Population - Kapurthala, Punjab

Buh is a medium size village located in Kapurthala Tehsil of Kapurthala district, Punjab with total 281 families residing. The Buh village has population of 1526 of which 784 are males while 742 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Buh village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 12.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Buh village is 946 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Buh as per census is 736, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Buh village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Buh village was 72.13 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Buh Male literacy stands at 77.15 % while female literacy rate was 67.02 %.

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

Buh Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 281 - -
Population 1,526 784 742
Child (0-6) 191 110 81
Schedule Caste 882 449 433
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.13 % 77.15 % 67.02 %
Total Workers 514 462 52
Main Worker 505 - -
Marginal Worker 9 5 4

Caste Factor

In Buh village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.80 % of total population in Buh village. The village Buh currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Buh village out of total population, 514 were engaged in work activities. 98.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 514 workers engaged in Main Work, 174 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 87 were Agricultural labourer.