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Heir Population - Amritsar, Punjab

Heir is a large village located in Amritsar- II Tehsil of Amritsar district, Punjab with total 688 families residing. The Heir village has population of 3611 of which 1940 are males while 1671 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Heir village population of children with age 0-6 is 466 which makes up 12.91 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Heir village is 861 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Heir as per census is 849, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Heir village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Heir village was 76.25 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Heir Male literacy stands at 79.50 % while female literacy rate was 72.48 %.

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

Heir Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 688 - -
Population 3,611 1,940 1,671
Child (0-6) 466 252 214
Schedule Caste 1,419 783 636
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.25 % 79.50 % 72.48 %
Total Workers 1,584 1,073 511
Main Worker 1,179 - -
Marginal Worker 405 104 301

Caste Factor

In Heir village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.30 % of total population in Heir village. The village Heir currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Heir village out of total population, 1584 were engaged in work activities. 74.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1584 workers engaged in Main Work, 315 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 186 were Agricultural labourer.