Najka Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Najka is a medium size village located in Jalandhar - II Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 117 families residing. The Najka village has population of 441 of which 226 are males while 215 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Najka village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 4.31 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Najka village is 951 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Najka as per census is 1111, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Najka village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Najka village was 70.85 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Najka Male literacy stands at 76.96 % while female literacy rate was 64.39 %.

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

Najka Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	117	-	-
Population	441	226	215
Child (0-6)	19	9	10
Schedule Caste	366	189	177
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	70.85 %	76.96 %	64.39 %
Total Workers	208	142	66
Main Worker	145	-	-
Marginal Worker	63	30	33

Caste Factor

In Najka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.99 % of total population in Najka village. The village Najka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Najka village out of total population, 208 were engaged in work activities. 69.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 208 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.