Teja Kalan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Teja Kalan is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 220 families residing. The Teja Kalan village has population of 1206 of which 635 are males while 571 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Teja Kalan village population of children with age 0-6 is 162 which makes up 13.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Teja Kalan village is 899 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Teja Kalan as per census is 820, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Teja Kalan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Teja Kalan village was 70.31 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Teja Kalan Male literacy stands at 75.82 % while female literacy rate was 64.26 %.

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

Teja Kalan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	220	-	-
Population	1,206	635	571
Child (0-6)	162	89	73
Schedule Caste	564	302	262
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	70.31 %	75.82 %	64.26 %
Total Workers	360	328	32
Main Worker	303	-	-
Marginal Worker	57	48	9

Caste Factor

In Teja Kalan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.77 % of total population in Teja Kalan village. The village Teja Kalan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Teja Kalan village out of total population, 360 were engaged in work activities. 84.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 360 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 175 were Agricultural labourer.