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Nahal Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Nahal is a medium size village located in Jalandhar - II Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 349 families residing. The Nahal village has population of 1714 of which 884 are males while 830 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Nahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 9.28 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Nahal village is 939 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Nahal as per census is 963, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Nahal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Nahal village was 78.71 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Nahal Male literacy stands at 83.56 % while female literacy rate was 73.54 %.

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

Nahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 349 - -
Population 1,714 884 830
Child (0-6) 159 81 78
Schedule Caste 1,060 547 513
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.71 % 83.56 % 73.54 %
Total Workers 646 499 147
Main Worker 601 - -
Marginal Worker 45 29 16

Caste Factor

In Nahal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 61.84 % of total population in Nahal village. The village Nahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Nahal village out of total population, 646 were engaged in work activities. 93.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 646 workers engaged in Main Work, 78 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.