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Birk Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Birk is a large village located in Phillaur Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 1152 families residing. The Birk village has population of 5264 of which 2725 are males while 2539 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Birk village population of children with age 0-6 is 552 which makes up 10.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Birk village is 932 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Birk as per census is 859, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Birk village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Birk village was 80.81 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Birk Male literacy stands at 84.35 % while female literacy rate was 77.06 %.

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

Birk Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,152 - -
Population 5,264 2,725 2,539
Child (0-6) 552 297 255
Schedule Caste 2,684 1,376 1,308
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.81 % 84.35 % 77.06 %
Total Workers 1,812 1,546 266
Main Worker 1,442 - -
Marginal Worker 370 286 84

Caste Factor

In Birk village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.99 % of total population in Birk village. The village Birk currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Birk village out of total population, 1812 were engaged in work activities. 79.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1812 workers engaged in Main Work, 219 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.