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Gehlar Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Gehlar is a medium size village located in Jalandhar - II Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 200 families residing. The Gehlar village has population of 971 of which 507 are males while 464 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gehlar village population of children with age 0-6 is 69 which makes up 7.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gehlar village is 915 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gehlar as per census is 816, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gehlar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gehlar village was 88.03 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gehlar Male literacy stands at 92.75 % while female literacy rate was 82.91 %.

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

Gehlar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 200 - -
Population 971 507 464
Child (0-6) 69 38 31
Schedule Caste 319 167 152
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.03 % 92.75 % 82.91 %
Total Workers 306 266 40
Main Worker 287 - -
Marginal Worker 19 10 9

Caste Factor

Gehlar village of Jalandhar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.85 % of total population in Gehlar village. The village Gehlar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gehlar village out of total population, 306 were engaged in work activities. 93.79 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.21 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 306 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.