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Gakhal Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Gakhal is a large village located in Jalandhar - II Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 444 families residing. The Gakhal village has population of 2201 of which 1133 are males while 1068 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gakhal village population of children with age 0-6 is 164 which makes up 7.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gakhal village is 943 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gakhal as per census is 822, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gakhal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gakhal village was 83.26 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gakhal Male literacy stands at 88.97 % while female literacy rate was 77.26 %.

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

Gakhal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 444 - -
Population 2,201 1,133 1,068
Child (0-6) 164 90 74
Schedule Caste 296 152 144
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.26 % 88.97 % 77.26 %
Total Workers 685 641 44
Main Worker 664 - -
Marginal Worker 21 19 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.45 % of total population in Gakhal village. The village Gakhal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gakhal village out of total population, 685 were engaged in work activities. 96.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 685 workers engaged in Main Work, 251 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.