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Hamja Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Hamja is a medium size village located in Amritsar -I Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 245 families residing. The Hamja village has population of 1351 of which 707 are males while 644 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hamja village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 13.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hamja village is 911 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Hamja as per census is 854, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Hamja village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Hamja village was 68.12 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Hamja Male literacy stands at 70.87 % while female literacy rate was 65.12 %.

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

Hamja Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 245 - -
Population 1,351 707 644
Child (0-6) 178 96 82
Schedule Caste 599 313 286
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.12 % 70.87 % 65.12 %
Total Workers 457 413 44
Main Worker 419 - -
Marginal Worker 38 32 6

Caste Factor

In Hamja village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.34 % of total population in Hamja village. The village Hamja currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Hamja village out of total population, 457 were engaged in work activities. 91.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 457 workers engaged in Main Work, 87 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 236 were Agricultural labourer.