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Akhara Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Akhara is a medium size village located in Jalandhar - II Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 225 families residing. The Akhara village has population of 1148 of which 597 are males while 551 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Akhara village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 10.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Akhara village is 923 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Akhara as per census is 969, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Akhara village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Akhara village was 65.56 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Akhara Male literacy stands at 71.29 % while female literacy rate was 59.30 %.

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

Akhara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 225 - -
Population 1,148 597 551
Child (0-6) 126 64 62
Schedule Caste 715 377 338
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.56 % 71.29 % 59.30 %
Total Workers 348 327 21
Main Worker 237 - -
Marginal Worker 111 103 8

Caste Factor

In Akhara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.28 % of total population in Akhara village. The village Akhara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Akhara village out of total population, 348 were engaged in work activities. 68.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 70 were Agricultural labourer.