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Mahalam Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Mahalam is a medium size village located in Firozpur Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 283 families residing. The Mahalam village has population of 1510 of which 805 are males while 705 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahalam village population of children with age 0-6 is 188 which makes up 12.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahalam village is 876 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahalam as per census is 938, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Mahalam village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahalam village was 57.72 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mahalam Male literacy stands at 60.59 % while female literacy rate was 54.40 %.

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

Mahalam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 283 - -
Population 1,510 805 705
Child (0-6) 188 97 91
Schedule Caste 1,131 603 528
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 57.72 % 60.59 % 54.40 %
Total Workers 503 482 21
Main Worker 492 - -
Marginal Worker 11 10 1

Caste Factor

In Mahalam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 74.90 % of total population in Mahalam village. The village Mahalam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahalam village out of total population, 503 were engaged in work activities. 97.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 503 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 317 were Agricultural labourer.