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Palahar Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Palahar is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 178 families residing. The Palahar village has population of 902 of which 453 are males while 449 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 133 which makes up 14.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palahar village is 991 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Palahar as per census is 663, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Palahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Palahar village was 91.68 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Palahar Male literacy stands at 94.64 % while female literacy rate was 88.89 %.

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

Palahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 178 - -
Population 902 453 449
Child (0-6) 133 80 53
Schedule Caste 275 143 132
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.68 % 94.64 % 88.89 %
Total Workers 138 126 12
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 110 103 7

Caste Factor

Palahar village of Hoshiarpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.49 % of total population in Palahar village. The village Palahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palahar village out of total population, 138 were engaged in work activities. 20.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 138 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.