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Handa Population - Sangrur, Punjab

Handa is a medium size village located in Moonak Tehsil of Sangrur district, Punjab with total 164 families residing. The Handa village has population of 1058 of which 542 are males while 516 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Handa village population of children with age 0-6 is 128 which makes up 12.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Handa village is 952 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Handa as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Handa village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Handa village was 65.38 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Handa Male literacy stands at 71.13 % while female literacy rate was 59.29 %.

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

Handa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 164 - -
Population 1,058 542 516
Child (0-6) 128 64 64
Schedule Caste 119 68 51
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 65.38 % 71.13 % 59.29 %
Total Workers 302 287 15
Main Worker 288 - -
Marginal Worker 14 9 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.25 % of total population in Handa village. The village Handa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Handa village out of total population, 302 were engaged in work activities. 95.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 4.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 302 workers engaged in Main Work, 200 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 14 were Agricultural labourer.