Burj Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Burj is a medium size village located in Ajnala Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 219 families residing. The Burj village has population of 1203 of which 613 are males while 590 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Burj village population of children with age 0-6 is 260 which makes up 21.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Burj village is 962 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Burj as per census is 857, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Burj village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Burj village was 23.86 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Burj Male literacy stands at 36.58 % while female literacy rate was 11.06 %.

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

Burj Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	219	-	-
Population	1,203	613	590
Child (0-6)	260	140	120
Schedule Caste	1,129	575	554
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	23.86 %	36.58 %	11.06 %
Total Workers	390	285	105
Main Worker	288	-	-
Marginal Worker	102	20	82

Caste Factor

In Burj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 93.85 % of total population in Burj village. The village Burj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Burj village out of total population, 390 were engaged in work activities. 73.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 390 workers engaged in Main Work, 47 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 201 were Agricultural labourer.