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Burj Population - Sangrur, Punjab

Burj is a medium size village located in Malerkotla Tehsil of Sangrur district, Punjab with total 249 families residing. The Burj village has population of 1286 of which 681 are males while 605 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Burj village population of children with age 0-6 is 129 which makes up 10.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Burj village is 888 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Burj as per census is 870, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Burj village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Burj village was 71.48 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Burj Male literacy stands at 77.61 % while female literacy rate was 64.59 %.

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

Burj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 249 - -
Population 1,286 681 605
Child (0-6) 129 69 60
Schedule Caste 356 177 179
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.48 % 77.61 % 64.59 %
Total Workers 459 401 58
Main Worker 429 - -
Marginal Worker 30 15 15

Caste Factor

Burj village of Sangrur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.68 % of total population in Burj village. The village Burj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Burj village out of total population, 459 were engaged in work activities. 93.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 459 workers engaged in Main Work, 143 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 41 were Agricultural labourer.