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Wanchari Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Wanchari is a large village located in Amritsar- II Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 417 families residing. The Wanchari village has population of 2212 of which 1147 are males while 1065 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Wanchari village population of children with age 0-6 is 297 which makes up 13.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Wanchari village is 929 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Wanchari as per census is 916, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Wanchari village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Wanchari village was 72.06 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Wanchari Male literacy stands at 74.40 % while female literacy rate was 69.56 %.

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

Wanchari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 417 - -
Population 2,212 1,147 1,065
Child (0-6) 297 155 142
Schedule Caste 665 350 315
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.06 % 74.40 % 69.56 %
Total Workers 671 634 37
Main Worker 655 - -
Marginal Worker 16 7 9

Caste Factor

Wanchari village of Amritsar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.06 % of total population in Wanchari village. The village Wanchari currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Wanchari village out of total population, 671 were engaged in work activities. 97.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 671 workers engaged in Main Work, 261 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 89 were Agricultural labourer.