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Bham Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Bham is a large village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 716 families residing. The Bham village has population of 4250 of which 2226 are males while 2024 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bham village population of children with age 0-6 is 538 which makes up 12.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bham village is 909 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bham as per census is 781, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Bham village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bham village was 73.36 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bham Male literacy stands at 77.29 % while female literacy rate was 69.13 %.

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

Bham Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 716 - -
Population 4,250 2,226 2,024
Child (0-6) 538 302 236
Schedule Caste 1,184 613 571
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.36 % 77.29 % 69.13 %
Total Workers 1,400 1,193 207
Main Worker 1,189 - -
Marginal Worker 211 123 88

Caste Factor

Bham village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.86 % of total population in Bham village. The village Bham currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bham village out of total population, 1400 were engaged in work activities. 84.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1400 workers engaged in Main Work, 478 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 151 were Agricultural labourer.