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Jhander Population - Tarn Taran, Punjab

Jhander is a medium size village located in Tarn Taran Tehsil of Tarn Taran district, Punjab with total 270 families residing. The Jhander village has population of 1500 of which 797 are males while 703 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhander village population of children with age 0-6 is 156 which makes up 10.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhander village is 882 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhander as per census is 880, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jhander village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhander village was 63.84 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jhander Male literacy stands at 69.19 % while female literacy rate was 57.78 %.

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 270 - -
Population 1,500 797 703
Child (0-6) 156 83 73
Schedule Caste 500 268 232
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 63.84 % 69.19 % 57.78 %
Total Workers 507 463 44
Main Worker 500 - -
Marginal Worker 7 4 3

Caste Factor

Jhander village of Tarn Taran has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.33 % 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, 507 were engaged in work activities. 98.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 507 workers engaged in Main Work, 177 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.