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Wahla Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Wahla is a small village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 26 families residing. The Wahla village has population of 136 of which 69 are males while 67 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wahla village population of children with age 0-6 is 12 which makes up 8.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wahla village is 971 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Wahla as per census is 714, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Wahla village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Wahla village was 70.16 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Wahla Male literacy stands at 72.58 % while female literacy rate was 67.74 %.

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

Wahla Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 26 - -
Population 136 69 67
Child (0-6) 12 7 5
Schedule Caste 22 14 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.16 % 72.58 % 67.74 %
Total Workers 39 38 1
Main Worker 31 - -
Marginal Worker 8 8 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.18 % of total population in Wahla village. The village Wahla currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Wahla village out of total population, 39 were engaged in work activities. 79.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 39 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.