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Virk Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Virk is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 115 families residing. The Virk village has population of 606 of which 321 are males while 285 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Virk village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 14.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Virk village is 888 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Virk as per census is 809, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Virk village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Virk village was 62.76 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Virk Male literacy stands at 71.17 % while female literacy rate was 53.44 %.

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

Virk Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 115 - -
Population 606 321 285
Child (0-6) 85 47 38
Schedule Caste 10 5 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.76 % 71.17 % 53.44 %
Total Workers 221 193 28
Main Worker 125 - -
Marginal Worker 96 86 10

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.65 % of total population in Virk village. The village Virk currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Virk village out of total population, 221 were engaged in work activities. 56.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 221 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.