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Sokala Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sokala is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 270 families residing. The Sokala village has population of 1486 of which 765 are males while 721 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sokala village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 13.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sokala village is 942 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sokala as per census is 791, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Sokala village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sokala village was 67.96 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sokala Male literacy stands at 71.91 % while female literacy rate was 63.88 %.

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

Sokala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 270 - -
Population 1,486 765 721
Child (0-6) 197 110 87
Schedule Caste 185 95 90
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.96 % 71.91 % 63.88 %
Total Workers 536 426 110
Main Worker 340 - -
Marginal Worker 196 147 49

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.45 % of total population in Sokala village. The village Sokala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sokala village out of total population, 536 were engaged in work activities. 63.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 36.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 536 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.