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Gharkian Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Gharkian is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 103 families residing. The Gharkian village has population of 594 of which 310 are males while 284 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gharkian village population of children with age 0-6 is 85 which makes up 14.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gharkian village is 916 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gharkian as per census is 574, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gharkian village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gharkian village was 67.58 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gharkian Male literacy stands at 69.92 % while female literacy rate was 65.22 %.

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

Gharkian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 103 - -
Population 594 310 284
Child (0-6) 85 54 31
Schedule Caste 23 13 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.58 % 69.92 % 65.22 %
Total Workers 176 167 9
Main Worker 175 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.87 % of total population in Gharkian village. The village Gharkian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gharkian village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 99.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.