Gurm Population - Barnala, Punjab

Gurm is a large village located in Barnala Tehsil of Barnala district, Punjab with total 498 families residing. The Gurm village has population of 2595 of which 1368 are males while 1227 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gurm village population of children with age 0-6 is 270 which makes up 10.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gurm village is 897 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gurm as per census is 776, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gurm village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gurm village was 68.26 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gurm Male literacy stands at 72.53 % while female literacy rate was 63.57 %.

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

Gurm Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	498	-	-
Population	2,595	1,368	1,227
Child (0-6)	270	152	118
Schedule Caste	1,010	528	482
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.26 %	72.53 %	63.57 %
Total Workers	792	740	52
Main Worker	736	-	-
Marginal Worker	56	43	13

Caste Factor

In Gurm village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.92 % of total population in Gurm village. The village Gurm currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gurm village out of total population, 792 were engaged in work activities. 92.93 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.07 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 792 workers engaged in Main Work, 342 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 111 were Agricultural labourer.