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Makaura Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Makaura is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 185 families residing. The Makaura village has population of 1082 of which 554 are males while 528 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Makaura village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 12.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Makaura village is 953 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Makaura as per census is 912, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Makaura village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Makaura village was 75.21 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Makaura Male literacy stands at 79.84 % while female literacy rate was 70.39 %.

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

Makaura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 185 - -
Population 1,082 554 528
Child (0-6) 130 68 62
Schedule Caste 314 171 143
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.21 % 79.84 % 70.39 %
Total Workers 351 282 69
Main Worker 309 - -
Marginal Worker 42 16 26

Caste Factor

Makaura village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.02 % of total population in Makaura village. The village Makaura currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Makaura village out of total population, 351 were engaged in work activities. 88.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 351 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 107 were Agricultural labourer.