Wachhoa Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Wachhoa is a large village located in Ajnala Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 667 families residing. The Wachhoa village has population of 3296 of which 1757 are males while 1539 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wachhoa village population of children with age 0-6 is 444 which makes up 13.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wachhoa village is 876 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Wachhoa as per census is 798, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Wachhoa village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Wachhoa village was 69.35 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Wachhoa Male literacy stands at 74.70 % while female literacy rate was 63.34 %.

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

Wachhoa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	667	-	-
Population	3,296	1,757	1,539
Child (0-6)	444	247	197
Schedule Caste	1,173	631	542
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.35 %	74.70 %	63.34 %
Total Workers	1,045	843	202
Main Worker	933	-	-
Marginal Worker	112	28	84

Caste Factor

In Wachhoa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.59 % of total population in Wachhoa village. The village Wachhoa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Wachhoa village out of total population, 1045 were engaged in work activities. 89.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1045 workers engaged in Main Work, 272 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 331 were Agricultural labourer.