Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Kother Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Kother is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 364 families residing. The Kother village has population of 1801 of which 954 are males while 847 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kother village population of children with age 0-6 is 221 which makes up 12.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kother village is 888 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kother as per census is 674, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Kother village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kother village was 86.14 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kother Male literacy stands at 90.88 % while female literacy rate was 81.00 %.

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

Kother Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 364 - -
Population 1,801 954 847
Child (0-6) 221 132 89
Schedule Caste 470 270 200
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.14 % 90.88 % 81.00 %
Total Workers 572 480 92
Main Worker 526 - -
Marginal Worker 46 29 17

Caste Factor

Kother village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.10 % of total population in Kother village. The village Kother currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kother village out of total population, 572 were engaged in work activities. 91.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 572 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.