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Rurkee Population - Rupnagar, Punjab

Rurkee is a medium size village located in Chamkaur Sahib Tehsil of Rupnagar district, Punjab with total 283 families residing. The Rurkee village has population of 1515 of which 782 are males while 733 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rurkee village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 7.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rurkee village is 937 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Rurkee as per census is 841, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Rurkee village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Rurkee village was 82.56 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Rurkee Male literacy stands at 84.84 % while female literacy rate was 80.15 %.

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

Rurkee Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 283 - -
Population 1,515 782 733
Child (0-6) 116 63 53
Schedule Caste 459 230 229
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.56 % 84.84 % 80.15 %
Total Workers 485 448 37
Main Worker 466 - -
Marginal Worker 19 17 2

Caste Factor

Rurkee village of Rupnagar has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.30 % of total population in Rurkee village. The village Rurkee currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rurkee village out of total population, 485 were engaged in work activities. 96.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 485 workers engaged in Main Work, 220 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.