Phambra is a village in

Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district is one of twenty-three districts of state of Punjab, India. It is located in Doaba region. It consists of three subdivisions, Nawanshahr, Banga, and Balachaur. There are three legislative seats in the dist ...

of the

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of Punjab, from sub post office Aur, from district headquarters Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital

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. The village is administrated by an elected

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Demography

As of 2011, Phambra has a total number of 156 houses and population of 824 of which 424 include are males while 400 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The

literacy rate Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...

of Phambra is 76.87% higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 102 which is 12.38% of total population of Phambra, and

child sex ratio The human sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population in the context of anthropology and demography. In humans, the natural sex ratio at birth is slightly biased towards the male sex. It is estimated to be about 1.05 worldwide or ...

is approximately 855 as compared to Punjab state average of 846. Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 47.82% of total population in Phambra. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far. As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 264 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Phambra which includes 233 males and 31 females. According to census survey report 2011, 93.94% workers describe their work as main work and 6.06% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing

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for less than 6 months.

Education

The village has a

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co-ed primary school established in 1975.

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Tourism of Punjab

Census of Punjab

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{{Nawanshahr district Villages in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district

Demography

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