Gujratan
Gujratan | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Punjab |
| District | Kapurthala |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayati raj (India) |
| • Body | Gram panchayat |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 288[1] |
| Sex ratio 146/142♂/♀ | |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Punjabi |
| • Other spoken | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 144626 |
| Telephone code | 01822 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-PB |
| Vehicle registration | PB-09 |
| Website | kapurthala |
Gujratan is a village in Phagwara Tehsil in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Kapurthala, 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Phagwara. The village is administrated by a sarpanch, an elected representative of the village.[2]
Demography
According to the report published by Census India in 2011, Gujratan has 68 houses with the total population of 288 persons of which 146 are male and 142 females. Literacy rate of Gujratan is 79.62%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 23 which is 7.99% of the total population. Child sex ratio is approximately 1091, higher than the state average of 846.[3]
Population data
| Particulars | Total | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total No. of Houses | 68 | - | - |
| Population | 288 | 146 | 142 |
| Child (0-6) | 23 | 11 | 12 |
| Schedule Caste | 188 | 100 | 88 |
| Schedule Tribe | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Literacy | 79.62 % | 86.67 % | 72.31 % |
| Total Workers | 113 | 97 | 16 |
| Main Worker | 103 | 0 | 0 |
| Marginal Worker | 10 | 6 | 4 |
As per census 2011, 113 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Gujratan village which includes 97 males and 16 females. According to census survey report 2011, 91.15% workers (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) describe their work as main work and 8.85% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Caste
The village has schedule caste (SC) constitutes 65.28% of total population of the village and it doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
References
- ^ "Drawesh Pind Population per Census 2011". census2011.co.in.
- ^ "About the village". onefivenine.com.
- ^ "Gujratan". census2011.co.in. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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