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Garha Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Garha is a large village located in Phillaur Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 602 families residing. The Garha village has population of 2869 of which 1565 are males while 1304 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garha village population of children with age 0-6 is 293 which makes up 10.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garha village is 833 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Garha as per census is 809, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Garha village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Garha village was 76.94 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Garha Male literacy stands at 81.82 % while female literacy rate was 71.10 %.

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

Garha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 602 - -
Population 2,869 1,565 1,304
Child (0-6) 293 162 131
Schedule Caste 1,969 1,053 916
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.94 % 81.82 % 71.10 %
Total Workers 964 862 102
Main Worker 857 - -
Marginal Worker 107 99 8

Caste Factor

In Garha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 68.63 % of total population in Garha village. The village Garha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garha village out of total population, 964 were engaged in work activities. 88.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 964 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.