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Chak Mehar Population - Tarn Taran, Punjab

Chak Mehar is a medium size village located in Khadur Sahib Tehsil of Tarn Taran district, Punjab with total 207 families residing. The Chak Mehar village has population of 1178 of which 615 are males while 563 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chak Mehar village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 12.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chak Mehar village is 915 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chak Mehar as per census is 663, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Chak Mehar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chak Mehar village was 76.78 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chak Mehar Male literacy stands at 83.37 % while female literacy rate was 69.92 %.

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

Chak Mehar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 207 - -
Population 1,178 615 563
Child (0-6) 153 92 61
Schedule Caste 387 210 177
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.78 % 83.37 % 69.92 %
Total Workers 494 345 149
Main Worker 326 - -
Marginal Worker 168 45 123

Caste Factor

Chak Mehar village of Tarn Taran has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.85 % of total population in Chak Mehar village. The village Chak Mehar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chak Mehar village out of total population, 494 were engaged in work activities. 65.99 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.01 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 494 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 104 were Agricultural labourer.