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Jakria Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Jakria is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 180 families residing. The Jakria village has population of 988 of which 507 are males while 481 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jakria village population of children with age 0-6 is 125 which makes up 12.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jakria village is 949 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jakria as per census is 866, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jakria village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jakria village was 73.70 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jakria Male literacy stands at 78.18 % while female literacy rate was 69.03 %.

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

Jakria Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 180 - -
Population 988 507 481
Child (0-6) 125 67 58
Schedule Caste 173 87 86
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.70 % 78.18 % 69.03 %
Total Workers 359 277 82
Main Worker 350 - -
Marginal Worker 9 6 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.51 % of total population in Jakria village. The village Jakria currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jakria village out of total population, 359 were engaged in work activities. 97.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 359 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.