Jhander Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Jhander is a large village located in Ajnala Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 418 families residing. The Jhander village has population of 2299 of which 1223 are males while 1076 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhander village population of children with age 0-6 is 282 which makes up 12.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhander village is 880 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhander as per census is 918, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jhander village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhander village was 69.46 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jhander Male literacy stands at 71.65 % while female literacy rate was 66.95 %.

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

Jhander Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	418	-	-
Population	2,299	1,223	1,076
Child (0-6)	282	147	135
Schedule Caste	1,147	600	547
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.46 %	71.65 %	66.95 %
Total Workers	711	665	46
Main Worker	517	-	-
Marginal Worker	194	176	18

Caste Factor

In Jhander village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.89 % of total population in Jhander village. The village Jhander currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhander village out of total population, 711 were engaged in work activities. 72.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 711 workers engaged in Main Work, 202 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.