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Khera Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Khera is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 263 families residing. The Khera village has population of 1220 of which 593 are males while 627 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khera village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 9.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khera village is 1057 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Khera as per census is 885, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Khera village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Khera village was 82.44 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Khera Male literacy stands at 89.29 % while female literacy rate was 76.09 %.

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

Khera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 263 - -
Population 1,220 593 627
Child (0-6) 115 61 54
Schedule Caste 695 340 355
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.44 % 89.29 % 76.09 %
Total Workers 348 314 34
Main Worker 239 - -
Marginal Worker 109 106 3

Caste Factor

In Khera village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.97 % of total population in Khera village. The village Khera currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khera village out of total population, 348 were engaged in work activities. 68.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 67 were Agricultural labourer.