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Puranpur Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Puranpur is a medium size village located in Jalandhar - I Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 229 families residing. The Puranpur village has population of 1135 of which 585 are males while 550 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Puranpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 10.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Puranpur village is 940 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Puranpur as per census is 917, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Puranpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Puranpur village was 82.16 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Puranpur Male literacy stands at 86.67 % while female literacy rate was 77.37 %.

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

Puranpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 229 - -
Population 1,135 585 550
Child (0-6) 115 60 55
Schedule Caste 757 388 369
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.16 % 86.67 % 77.37 %
Total Workers 414 345 69
Main Worker 333 - -
Marginal Worker 81 40 41

Caste Factor

In Puranpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 66.70 % of total population in Puranpur village. The village Puranpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Puranpur village out of total population, 414 were engaged in work activities. 80.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 414 workers engaged in Main Work, 51 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.