Mehta Population - Barnala, Punjab

Mehta is a large village located in Tapa Tehsil of Barnala district, Punjab with total 420 families residing. The Mehta village has population of 2304 of which 1223 are males while 1081 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehta village population of children with age 0-6 is 278 which makes up 12.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehta village is 884 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehta as per census is 917, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Mehta village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehta village was 63.13 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mehta Male literacy stands at 67.53 % while female literacy rate was 58.12 %.

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

Mehta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	420	-	-
Population	2,304	1,223	1,081
Child (0-6)	278	145	133
Schedule Caste	925	513	412
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	63.13 %	67.53 %	58.12 %
Total Workers	677	603	74
Main Worker	572	-	-
Marginal Worker	105	69	36

Caste Factor

In Mehta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.15 % of total population in Mehta village. The village Mehta currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mehta village out of total population, 677 were engaged in work activities. 84.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 677 workers engaged in Main Work, 319 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.