Jhunj Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Jhunj is a medium size village located in Ajnala Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 108 families residing. The Jhunj village has population of 607 of which 330 are males while 277 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhunj village population of children with age 0-6 is 100 which makes up 16.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhunj village is 839 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhunj as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jhunj village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhunj village was 32.15 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jhunj Male literacy stands at 45.71 % while female literacy rate was 15.42 %.

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

Jhunj Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	108	-	-
Population	607	330	277
Child (0-6)	100	50	50
Schedule Caste	437	238	199
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	32.15 %	45.71 %	15.42 %
Total Workers	335	218	117
Main Worker	293	-	-
Marginal Worker	42	21	21

Caste Factor

In Jhunj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 71.99 % of total population in Jhunj village. The village Jhunj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhunj village out of total population, 335 were engaged in work activities. 87.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 335 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 228 were Agricultural labourer.