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Megha Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Megha is a medium size village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 88 families residing. The Megha village has population of 511 of which 272 are males while 239 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Megha village population of children with age 0-6 is 61 which makes up 11.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Megha village is 879 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Megha as per census is 564, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Megha village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Megha village was 70.22 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Megha Male literacy stands at 74.68 % while female literacy rate was 65.44 %.

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

Megha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 88 - -
Population 511 272 239
Child (0-6) 61 39 22
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.22 % 74.68 % 65.44 %
Total Workers 130 128 2
Main Worker 125 - -
Marginal Worker 5 5 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Megha village of Gurdaspur district.

Work Profile

In Megha village out of total population, 130 were engaged in work activities. 96.15 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.85 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 130 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.