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Bhuchhan Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Bhuchhan is a medium size village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 260 families residing. The Bhuchhan village has population of 1078 of which 518 are males while 560 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhuchhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 89 which makes up 8.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhuchhan village is 1081 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhuchhan as per census is 854, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Bhuchhan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhuchhan village was 85.64 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bhuchhan Male literacy stands at 91.91 % while female literacy rate was 79.96 %.

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

Bhuchhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 260 - -
Population 1,078 518 560
Child (0-6) 89 48 41
Schedule Caste 280 138 142
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.64 % 91.91 % 79.96 %
Total Workers 239 219 20
Main Worker 236 - -
Marginal Worker 3 3 0

Caste Factor

Bhuchhan village of Hoshiarpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.97 % of total population in Bhuchhan village. The village Bhuchhan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bhuchhan village out of total population, 239 were engaged in work activities. 98.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 239 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 16 were Agricultural labourer.