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Achal Population - Patiala, Punjab

Achal is a medium size village located in Nabha Tehsil of Patiala district, Punjab with total 288 families residing. The Achal village has population of 1470 of which 796 are males while 674 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Achal village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 9.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Achal village is 847 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Achal as per census is 639, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Achal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Achal village was 70.76 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Achal Male literacy stands at 76.16 % while female literacy rate was 64.57 %.

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

Achal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 288 - -
Population 1,470 796 674
Child (0-6) 136 83 53
Schedule Caste 531 281 250
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.76 % 76.16 % 64.57 %
Total Workers 478 429 49
Main Worker 439 - -
Marginal Worker 39 19 20

Caste Factor

In Achal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.12 % of total population in Achal village. The village Achal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Achal village out of total population, 478 were engaged in work activities. 91.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 478 workers engaged in Main Work, 140 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.