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Mahar Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Mahar is a medium size village located in Ajnala Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 257 families residing. The Mahar village has population of 1370 of which 735 are males while 635 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 136 which makes up 9.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahar village is 864 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahar as per census is 722, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Mahar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahar village was 78.61 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mahar Male literacy stands at 83.38 % while female literacy rate was 73.18 %.

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

Mahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,370 735 635
Child (0-6) 136 79 57
Schedule Caste 498 264 234
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.61 % 83.38 % 73.18 %
Total Workers 414 373 41
Main Worker 352 - -
Marginal Worker 62 55 7

Caste Factor

In Mahar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.35 % of total population in Mahar village. The village Mahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahar village out of total population, 414 were engaged in work activities. 85.02 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.98 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 414 workers engaged in Main Work, 128 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.