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Meghian Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Meghian is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 123 families residing. The Meghian village has population of 747 of which 395 are males while 352 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meghian village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 13.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meghian village is 891 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Meghian as per census is 759, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Meghian village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Meghian village was 84.81 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Meghian Male literacy stands at 89.32 % while female literacy rate was 79.87 %.

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

Meghian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 747 395 352
Child (0-6) 102 58 44
Schedule Caste 446 234 212
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.81 % 89.32 % 79.87 %
Total Workers 207 199 8
Main Worker 204 - -
Marginal Worker 3 2 1

Caste Factor

In Meghian village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.71 % of total population in Meghian village. The village Meghian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meghian village out of total population, 207 were engaged in work activities. 98.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 207 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.