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Pejo Chak Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Pejo Chak is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 253 families residing. The Pejo Chak village has population of 1216 of which 634 are males while 582 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pejo Chak village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 11.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pejo Chak village is 918 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Pejo Chak as per census is 929, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Pejo Chak village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Pejo Chak village was 69.10 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Pejo Chak Male literacy stands at 74.11 % while female literacy rate was 63.64 %.

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

Pejo Chak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 253 - -
Population 1,216 634 582
Child (0-6) 135 70 65
Schedule Caste 319 162 157
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.10 % 74.11 % 63.64 %
Total Workers 375 343 32
Main Worker 359 - -
Marginal Worker 16 6 10

Caste Factor

Pejo Chak village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.23 % of total population in Pejo Chak village. The village Pejo Chak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pejo Chak village out of total population, 375 were engaged in work activities. 95.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 375 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.