Ghataron Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Ghataron is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 348 families residing. The Ghataron village has population of 1618 of which 829 are males while 789 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghataron village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 8.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghataron village is 952 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghataron as per census is 915, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Ghataron village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghataron village was 86.03 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Ghataron Male literacy stands at 90.11 % while female literacy rate was 81.77 %.

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

Ghataron Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	348	-	-
Population	1,618	829	789
Child (0-6)	136	71	65
Schedule Caste	904	452	452
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	86.03 %	90.11 %	81.77 %
Total Workers	570	435	135
Main Worker	485	-	-
Marginal Worker	85	57	28

Caste Factor

In Ghataron village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.87 % of total population in Ghataron village. The village Ghataron currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghataron village out of total population, 570 were engaged in work activities. 85.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 570 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 105 were Agricultural labourer.