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Sochanian Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sochanian is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 361 families residing. The Sochanian village has population of 2028 of which 1054 are males while 974 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sochanian village population of children with age 0-6 is 233 which makes up 11.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sochanian village is 924 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sochanian as per census is 910, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sochanian village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sochanian village was 69.36 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sochanian Male literacy stands at 78.33 % while female literacy rate was 59.68 %.

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

Sochanian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 361 - -
Population 2,028 1,054 974
Child (0-6) 233 122 111
Schedule Caste 487 260 227
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.36 % 78.33 % 59.68 %
Total Workers 728 550 178
Main Worker 661 - -
Marginal Worker 67 51 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.01 % of total population in Sochanian village. The village Sochanian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sochanian village out of total population, 728 were engaged in work activities. 90.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 728 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 126 were Agricultural labourer.