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Meekey Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Meekey is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 221 families residing. The Meekey village has population of 1285 of which 690 are males while 595 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meekey village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 9.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meekey village is 862 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Meekey as per census is 891, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Meekey village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Meekey village was 73.37 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Meekey Male literacy stands at 77.16 % while female literacy rate was 68.96 %.

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

Meekey Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 221 - -
Population 1,285 690 595
Child (0-6) 121 64 57
Schedule Caste 282 149 133
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.37 % 77.16 % 68.96 %
Total Workers 398 349 49
Main Worker 50 - -
Marginal Worker 348 312 36

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.95 % of total population in Meekey village. The village Meekey currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meekey village out of total population, 398 were engaged in work activities. 12.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 398 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.