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Jhandher Population - Tarn Taran, Punjab

Jhandher is a medium size village located in Khadur Sahib Tehsil of Tarn Taran district, Punjab with total 234 families residing. The Jhandher village has population of 1188 of which 628 are males while 560 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhandher village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 8.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhandher village is 892 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhandher as per census is 615, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Jhandher village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhandher village was 70.45 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jhandher Male literacy stands at 74.78 % while female literacy rate was 65.77 %.

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

Jhandher Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 234 - -
Population 1,188 628 560
Child (0-6) 105 65 40
Schedule Caste 78 52 26
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.45 % 74.78 % 65.77 %
Total Workers 431 350 81
Main Worker 416 - -
Marginal Worker 15 10 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.57 % of total population in Jhandher village. The village Jhandher currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhandher village out of total population, 431 were engaged in work activities. 96.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 431 workers engaged in Main Work, 273 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 99 were Agricultural labourer.