Chhod Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chhod is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 51 families residing. The Chhod village has population of 279 of which 143 are males while 136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhod village population of children with age 0-6 is 34 which makes up 12.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhod village is 951 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhod as per census is 789, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chhod village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhod village was 75.10 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chhod Male literacy stands at 79.84 % while female literacy rate was 70.25 %.

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

Chhod Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	51	-	-
Population	279	143	136
Child (0-6)	34	19	15
Schedule Caste	102	57	45
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.10 %	79.84 %	70.25 %
Total Workers	141	79	62
Main Worker	95	-	-
Marginal Worker	46	37	9

Caste Factor

In Chhod village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.56 % of total population in Chhod village. The village Chhod currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhod village out of total population, 141 were engaged in work activities. 67.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 32.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 141 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.