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Purkhali Population - Rupnagar, Punjab

Purkhali is a medium size village located in Rup Nagar Tehsil of Rupnagar district, Punjab with total 334 families residing. The Purkhali village has population of 1796 of which 957 are males while 839 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purkhali village population of children with age 0-6 is 207 which makes up 11.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purkhali village is 877 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Purkhali as per census is 697, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Purkhali village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Purkhali village was 82.50 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Purkhali Male literacy stands at 87.90 % while female literacy rate was 76.53 %.

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

Purkhali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 334 - -
Population 1,796 957 839
Child (0-6) 207 122 85
Schedule Caste 717 372 345
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.50 % 87.90 % 76.53 %
Total Workers 567 485 82
Main Worker 533 - -
Marginal Worker 34 15 19

Caste Factor

In Purkhali village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.92 % of total population in Purkhali village. The village Purkhali currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purkhali village out of total population, 567 were engaged in work activities. 94.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 567 workers engaged in Main Work, 94 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.