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Ahar Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Ahar is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 65 families residing. The Ahar village has population of 285 of which 146 are males while 139 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 39 which makes up 13.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ahar village is 952 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Ahar as per census is 696, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Ahar village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Ahar village was 75.61 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Ahar Male literacy stands at 79.67 % while female literacy rate was 71.54 %.

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

Ahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 65 - -
Population 285 146 139
Child (0-6) 39 23 16
Schedule Caste 182 93 89
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.61 % 79.67 % 71.54 %
Total Workers 74 61 13
Main Worker 74 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

In Ahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.86 % of total population in Ahar village. The village Ahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ahar village out of total population, 74 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 74 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.