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Maheru Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Maheru is a medium size village located in Nakodar Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 338 families residing. The Maheru village has population of 1740 of which 897 are males while 843 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maheru village population of children with age 0-6 is 154 which makes up 8.85 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maheru village is 940 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Maheru as per census is 855, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Maheru village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Maheru village was 74.65 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Maheru Male literacy stands at 76.78 % while female literacy rate was 72.41 %.

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

Maheru Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 338 - -
Population 1,740 897 843
Child (0-6) 154 83 71
Schedule Caste 968 486 482
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.65 % 76.78 % 72.41 %
Total Workers 937 646 291
Main Worker 704 - -
Marginal Worker 233 134 99

Caste Factor

In Maheru village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.63 % of total population in Maheru village. The village Maheru currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maheru village out of total population, 937 were engaged in work activities. 75.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 937 workers engaged in Main Work, 141 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were Agricultural labourer.