Burj Tehal Dass

Burj Tehal Dass is a village in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district of Punjab State, India. It is located away from Rahon, from Nawanshahr, from district headquarter Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar and from state capital Chandigarh. The village is administrated by Sarpanch an elected representative of the village.DemographyAs of 2011, Burj Tehal Dass has a total number of 158 houses and population of 903 of which 457 include are males while 446 are females according to the report published by Census India in 2011. The literacy rate of Burj Tehal Dass is 74.97%, lower than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children under the age of 6 years is 108 which is 11.96% of total population of Burj Tehal Dass, and child sex ratio is approximately 1160 as compared to Punjab state average of 846.Most of the people are from Schedule Caste which constitutes 53.27% of total population in Burj Tehal Dass. The town does not have any Schedule Tribe population so far.As per the report published by Census India in 2011, 245 people were engaged in work activities out of the total population of Burj Tehal Dass which includes 235 males and 10 females. According to census survey report 2011, 86.94% workers describe their work as main work and 13.06% workers are involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.