Gujratan

Gujratan
Village
Gujratan is located in Punjab
Gujratan
Gujratan
Location in Punjab, India
Gujratan is located in India
Gujratan
Gujratan
Gujratan (India)
Coordinates: 31°21′59″N 75°47′46″E / 31.366352°N 75.796011°E / 31.366352; 75.796011
Country India
StatePunjab
DistrictKapurthala
Government
 • TypePanchayati raj (India)
 • BodyGram panchayat
Population
 (2011)
 • Total288
 Sex ratio 146/142/
Languages
 • OfficialPunjabi
 • Other spokenHindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
144626
Telephone code01822
ISO 3166 codeIN-PB
Vehicle registrationPB-09
Websitekapurthala.gov.in

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, who is an elected representative.

Demography[edit]

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.[1]

Population data[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ "Gujratan". Retrieved 31 July 2016.[permanent dead link]


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