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Gurchak Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Gurchak is a medium size village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 87 families residing. The Gurchak village has population of 446 of which 223 are males while 223 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurchak village population of children with age 0-6 is 76 which makes up 17.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurchak village is 1000 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurchak as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gurchak village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurchak village was 67.03 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gurchak Male literacy stands at 71.89 % while female literacy rate was 62.16 %.

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

Gurchak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 87 - -
Population 446 223 223
Child (0-6) 76 38 38
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.03 % 71.89 % 62.16 %
Total Workers 115 112 3
Main Worker 114 - -
Marginal Worker 1 0 1

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Gurchak village out of total population, 115 were engaged in work activities. 99.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 115 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.