Behar Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Behar is a medium size village located in Nakodar Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 110 families residing. The Behar village has population of 776 of which 407 are males while 369 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Behar village population of children with age 0-6 is 112 which makes up 14.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Behar village is 907 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Behar as per census is 778, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Behar village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Behar village was 68.07 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Behar Male literacy stands at 77.91 % while female literacy rate was 57.50 %.

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

Behar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	110	-	-
Population	776	407	369
Child (0-6)	112	63	49
Schedule Caste	646	336	310
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.07 %	77.91 %	57.50 %
Total Workers	253	228	25
Main Worker	238	-	-
Marginal Worker	15	13	2

Caste Factor

In Behar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.25 % of total population in Behar village. The village Behar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Behar village out of total population, 253 were engaged in work activities. 94.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 253 workers engaged in Main Work, 174 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.