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Rara Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Rara is a medium size village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 354 families residing. The Rara village has population of 1656 of which 876 are males while 780 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rara village population of children with age 0-6 is 199 which makes up 12.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rara village is 890 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Rara as per census is 716, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Rara village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Rara village was 76.87 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Rara Male literacy stands at 82.37 % while female literacy rate was 70.88 %.

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

Rara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 354 - -
Population 1,656 876 780
Child (0-6) 199 116 83
Schedule Caste 493 264 229
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.87 % 82.37 % 70.88 %
Total Workers 529 457 72
Main Worker 481 - -
Marginal Worker 48 20 28

Caste Factor

Rara village of Hoshiarpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.77 % of total population in Rara village. The village Rara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rara village out of total population, 529 were engaged in work activities. 90.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 529 workers engaged in Main Work, 247 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.