Bohja Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Bohja is a large village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 419 families residing. The Bohja village has population of 2155 of which 1158 are males while 997 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bohja village population of children with age 0-6 is 232 which makes up 10.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bohja village is 861 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bohja as per census is 731, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Bohja village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bohja village was 74.67 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bohja Male literacy stands at 81.25 % while female literacy rate was 67.19 %.

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

Bohja Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	419	-	-
Population	2,155	1,158	997
Child (0-6)	232	134	98
Schedule Caste	726	383	343
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	74.67 %	81.25 %	67.19 %
Total Workers	738	650	88
Main Worker	595	-	-
Marginal Worker	143	92	51

Caste Factor

Bohja village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.69 % of total population in Bohja village. The village Bohja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bohja village out of total population, 738 were engaged in work activities. 80.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 738 workers engaged in Main Work, 260 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 170 were Agricultural labourer.