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Ghurka Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Ghurka is a medium size village located in Fazilka Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 323 families residing. The Ghurka village has population of 1798 of which 908 are males while 890 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghurka village population of children with age 0-6 is 269 which makes up 14.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghurka village is 980 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghurka as per census is 1023, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Ghurka village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghurka village was 55.07 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Ghurka Male literacy stands at 63.74 % while female literacy rate was 46.15 %.

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

Ghurka Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 323 - -
Population 1,798 908 890
Child (0-6) 269 133 136
Schedule Caste 1,777 898 879
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.07 % 63.74 % 46.15 %
Total Workers 501 438 63
Main Worker 458 - -
Marginal Worker 43 12 31

Caste Factor

In Ghurka village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.83 % of total population in Ghurka village. The village Ghurka currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghurka village out of total population, 501 were engaged in work activities. 91.42 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.58 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 501 workers engaged in Main Work, 267 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.