Purba Population - Ludhiana, Punjab

Purba is a medium size village located in Samrala Tehsil of Ludhiana district, Punjab with total 190 families residing. The Purba village has population of 897 of which 468 are males while 429 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purba village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 7.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purba village is 917 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Purba as per census is 1088, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Purba village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Purba village was 82.81 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Purba Male literacy stands at 86.87 % while female literacy rate was 78.32 %.

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

Purba Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	190	-	-
Population	897	468	429
Child (0-6)	71	34	37
Schedule Caste	417	213	204
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	82.81 %	86.87 %	78.32 %
Total Workers	373	250	123
Main Worker	329	-	-
Marginal Worker	44	27	17

Caste Factor

In Purba village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.49 % of total population in Purba village. The village Purba currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purba village out of total population, 373 were engaged in work activities. 88.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 373 workers engaged in Main Work, 72 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.