Chaharke Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Chaharke is a medium size village located in Jalandhar - II Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 288 families residing. The Chaharke village has population of 1547 of which 814 are males while 733 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chaharke village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 10.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chaharke village is 900 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chaharke as per census is 642, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chaharke village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chaharke village was 77.64 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chaharke Male literacy stands at 82.61 % while female literacy rate was 72.32 %.

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

Chaharke Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	288	-	-
Population	1,547	814	733
Child (0-6)	156	95	61
Schedule Caste	656	354	302
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.64 %	82.61 %	72.32 %
Total Workers	519	453	66
Main Worker	404	-	-
Marginal Worker	115	95	20

Caste Factor

In Chaharke village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.40 % of total population in Chaharke village. The village Chaharke currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chaharke village out of total population, 519 were engaged in work activities. 77.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 519 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.