Gander Population - Muktsar, Punjab

Gander is a large village located in Muktsar Tehsil of Muktsar district, Punjab with total 371 families residing. The Gander village has population of 2117 of which 1131 are males while 986 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gander village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 10.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gander village is 872 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gander as per census is 869, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gander village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gander village was 60.40 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gander Male literacy stands at 65.71 % while female literacy rate was 54.32 %.

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

Gander Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	371	-	-
Population	2,117	1,131	986
Child (0-6)	228	122	106
Schedule Caste	886	479	407
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	60.40 %	65.71 %	54.32 %
Total Workers	829	668	161
Main Worker	659	-	-
Marginal Worker	170	52	118

Caste Factor

In Gander village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.85 % of total population in Gander village. The village Gander currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gander village out of total population, 829 were engaged in work activities. 79.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 829 workers engaged in Main Work, 293 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 292 were Agricultural labourer.