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Mehta Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Mehta is a medium size village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 86 families residing. The Mehta village has population of 487 of which 247 are males while 240 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehta village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 9.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehta village is 972 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehta as per census is 1526, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Mehta village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehta village was 66.51 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mehta Male literacy stands at 69.74 % while female literacy rate was 63.03 %.

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

Mehta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 86 - -
Population 487 247 240
Child (0-6) 48 19 29
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.51 % 69.74 % 63.03 %
Total Workers 126 123 3
Main Worker 106 - -
Marginal Worker 20 20 0

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mehta village out of total population, 126 were engaged in work activities. 84.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 126 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.