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Raichak Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Raichak is a medium size village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 348 families residing. The Raichak village has population of 1824 of which 949 are males while 875 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Raichak village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 10.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Raichak village is 922 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Raichak as per census is 893, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Raichak village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Raichak village was 75.38 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Raichak Male literacy stands at 79.91 % while female literacy rate was 70.50 %.

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

Raichak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 348 - -
Population 1,824 949 875
Child (0-6) 195 103 92
Schedule Caste 103 51 52
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.38 % 79.91 % 70.50 %
Total Workers 587 494 93
Main Worker 540 - -
Marginal Worker 47 35 12

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.65 % of total population in Raichak village. The village Raichak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Raichak village out of total population, 587 were engaged in work activities. 91.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 587 workers engaged in Main Work, 192 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.