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Baknaur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Baknaur is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 322 families residing. The Baknaur village has population of 1587 of which 811 are males while 776 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Baknaur village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 9.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Baknaur village is 957 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Baknaur as per census is 854, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Baknaur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Baknaur village was 83.07 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Baknaur Male literacy stands at 88.48 % while female literacy rate was 77.48 %.

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

Baknaur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 322 - -
Population 1,587 811 776
Child (0-6) 152 82 70
Schedule Caste 541 288 253
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.07 % 88.48 % 77.48 %
Total Workers 416 397 19
Main Worker 357 - -
Marginal Worker 59 54 5

Caste Factor

Baknaur village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.09 % of total population in Baknaur village. The village Baknaur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Baknaur village out of total population, 416 were engaged in work activities. 85.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 416 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 145 were Agricultural labourer.