Ghurkewal Population - Rupnagar, Punjab

Ghurkewal is a medium size village located in Chamkaur Sahib Tehsil of Rupnagar district, Punjab with total 68 families residing. The Ghurkewal village has population of 341 of which 194 are males while 147 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghurkewal village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 12.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghurkewal village is 758 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghurkewal as per census is 593, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Ghurkewal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghurkewal village was 77.18 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Ghurkewal Male literacy stands at 84.43 % while female literacy rate was 67.94 %.

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

Ghurkewal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	68	-	-
Population	341	194	147
Child (0-6)	43	27	16
Schedule Caste	331	189	142
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	77.18 %	84.43 %	67.94 %
Total Workers	78	67	11
Main Worker	38	-	-
Marginal Worker	40	37	3

Caste Factor

In Ghurkewal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 97.07 % of total population in Ghurkewal village. The village Ghurkewal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghurkewal village out of total population, 78 were engaged in work activities. 48.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 78 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.