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Ghesal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Ghesal is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 210 families residing. The Ghesal village has population of 1072 of which 564 are males while 508 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghesal village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 11.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghesal village is 901 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghesal as per census is 873, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Ghesal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghesal village was 81.34 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Ghesal Male literacy stands at 87.03 % while female literacy rate was 75.06 %.

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

Ghesal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 1,072 564 508
Child (0-6) 118 63 55
Schedule Caste 389 201 188
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.34 % 87.03 % 75.06 %
Total Workers 303 272 31
Main Worker 257 - -
Marginal Worker 46 31 15

Caste Factor

In Ghesal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.29 % of total population in Ghesal village. The village Ghesal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghesal village out of total population, 303 were engaged in work activities. 84.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 303 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.