Maheru Population - Kapurthala, Punjab

Maheru is a medium size village located in Phagwara Tehsil of Kapurthala district, Punjab with total 336 families residing. The Maheru village has population of 1704 of which 884 are males while 820 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheru village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 10.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheru village is 928 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheru as per census is 874, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Maheru village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheru village was 79.36 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Maheru Male literacy stands at 83.02 % while female literacy rate was 75.44 %.

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

Maheru Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	336	-	-
Population	1,704	884	820
Child (0-6)	178	95	83
Schedule Caste	1,042	538	504
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.36 %	83.02 %	75.44 %
Total Workers	641	517	124
Main Worker	457	-	-
Marginal Worker	184	147	37

Caste Factor

In Maheru village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.15 % of total population in Maheru village. The village Maheru currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maheru village out of total population, 641 were engaged in work activities. 71.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 641 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.