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Gehal Population - Barnala, Punjab

Gehal is a large village located in Tapa Tehsil of Barnala district, Punjab with total 820 families residing. The Gehal village has population of 4311 of which 2295 are males while 2016 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gehal village population of children with age 0-6 is 427 which makes up 9.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gehal village is 878 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gehal as per census is 809, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gehal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gehal village was 71.01 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gehal Male literacy stands at 73.19 % while female literacy rate was 68.55 %.

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

Gehal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 820 - -
Population 4,311 2,295 2,016
Child (0-6) 427 236 191
Schedule Caste 985 515 470
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.01 % 73.19 % 68.55 %
Total Workers 1,454 1,301 153
Main Worker 1,188 - -
Marginal Worker 266 207 59

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.85 % of total population in Gehal village. The village Gehal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gehal village out of total population, 1454 were engaged in work activities. 81.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1454 workers engaged in Main Work, 575 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 253 were Agricultural labourer.