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Gajj Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Gajj is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 124 families residing. The Gajj village has population of 566 of which 270 are males while 296 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gajj village population of children with age 0-6 is 49 which makes up 8.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gajj village is 1096 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gajj as per census is 750, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gajj village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gajj village was 88.39 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gajj Male literacy stands at 90.91 % while female literacy rate was 86.18 %.

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

Gajj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 124 - -
Population 566 270 296
Child (0-6) 49 28 21
Schedule Caste 37 25 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.39 % 90.91 % 86.18 %
Total Workers 153 125 28
Main Worker 132 - -
Marginal Worker 21 10 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.54 % of total population in Gajj village. The village Gajj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gajj village out of total population, 153 were engaged in work activities. 86.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 153 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 69 were Agricultural labourer.