Sand Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Sand is a medium size village located in Shahkot Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 157 families residing. The Sand village has population of 787 of which 399 are males while 388 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sand village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 9.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sand village is 972 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sand as per census is 1026, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sand village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sand village was 64.93 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sand Male literacy stands at 68.42 % while female literacy rate was 61.32 %.

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

Sand Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	157	-	-
Population	787	399	388
Child (0-6)	77	38	39
Schedule Caste	473	241	232
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	64.93 %	68.42 %	61.32 %
Total Workers	349	250	99
Main Worker	309	-	-
Marginal Worker	40	14	26

Caste Factor

In Sand village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.10 % of total population in Sand village. The village Sand currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sand village out of total population, 349 were engaged in work activities. 88.54 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.46 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 349 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 163 were Agricultural labourer.