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Jarkhar Population - Ludhiana, Punjab

Jarkhar is a medium size village located in Ludhiana East Tehsil of Ludhiana district, Punjab with total 240 families residing. The Jarkhar village has population of 1240 of which 656 are males while 584 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jarkhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 104 which makes up 8.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jarkhar village is 890 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jarkhar as per census is 891, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jarkhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jarkhar village was 87.15 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jarkhar Male literacy stands at 93.34 % while female literacy rate was 80.19 %.

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

Jarkhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 240 - -
Population 1,240 656 584
Child (0-6) 104 55 49
Schedule Caste 669 367 302
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.15 % 93.34 % 80.19 %
Total Workers 427 398 29
Main Worker 391 - -
Marginal Worker 36 28 8

Caste Factor

In Jarkhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.95 % of total population in Jarkhar village. The village Jarkhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jarkhar village out of total population, 427 were engaged in work activities. 91.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 427 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.