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Virk Population - Ludhiana, Punjab

Virk is a medium size village located in Jagraon Tehsil of Ludhiana district, Punjab with total 324 families residing. The Virk village has population of 1617 of which 825 are males while 792 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Virk village population of children with age 0-6 is 118 which makes up 7.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Virk village is 960 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Virk as per census is 1107, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Virk village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Virk village was 78.25 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Virk Male literacy stands at 84.01 % while female literacy rate was 72.19 %.

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

Virk Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 324 - -
Population 1,617 825 792
Child (0-6) 118 56 62
Schedule Caste 456 243 213
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.25 % 84.01 % 72.19 %
Total Workers 1,041 523 518
Main Worker 988 - -
Marginal Worker 53 22 31

Caste Factor

Virk village of Ludhiana has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.20 % of total population in Virk village. The village Virk currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Virk village out of total population, 1041 were engaged in work activities. 94.91 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.09 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1041 workers engaged in Main Work, 211 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 148 were Agricultural labourer.