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Pahra Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Pahra is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 542 families residing. The Pahra village has population of 3189 of which 1668 are males while 1521 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pahra village population of children with age 0-6 is 363 which makes up 11.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pahra village is 912 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Pahra as per census is 881, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Pahra village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Pahra village was 75.41 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Pahra Male literacy stands at 80.47 % while female literacy rate was 69.87 %.

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

Pahra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 542 - -
Population 3,189 1,668 1,521
Child (0-6) 363 193 170
Schedule Caste 940 498 442
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.41 % 80.47 % 69.87 %
Total Workers 908 823 85
Main Worker 801 - -
Marginal Worker 107 85 22

Caste Factor

Pahra village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.48 % of total population in Pahra village. The village Pahra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pahra village out of total population, 908 were engaged in work activities. 88.22 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.78 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 908 workers engaged in Main Work, 178 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 124 were Agricultural labourer.