Adhkara Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Adhkara is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 120 families residing. The Adhkara village has population of 584 of which 307 are males while 277 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Adhkara village population of children with age 0-6 is 60 which makes up 10.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Adhkara village is 902 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Adhkara as per census is 579, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Adhkara village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Adhkara village was 87.98 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Adhkara Male literacy stands at 91.82 % while female literacy rate was 83.92 %.

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

Adhkara Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	120	-	-
Population	584	307	277
Child (0-6)	60	38	22
Schedule Caste	315	167	148
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.98 %	91.82 %	83.92 %
Total Workers	185	166	19
Main Worker	182	-	-
Marginal Worker	3	1	2

Caste Factor

In Adhkara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.94 % of total population in Adhkara village. The village Adhkara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Adhkara village out of total population, 185 were engaged in work activities. 98.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 185 workers engaged in Main Work, 64 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.