Family plays a pivotal role in the primary socialization of the children. But in some instances family turns out to be functionally incapable or unavailable to nurture children. In such instances residential care in the shape of Children's Homes play an integral role in socializing the children through rehabilitation and reintegration. Children's Homes shelter the needy children by providing them standards of care, protection and training. It was an empirical study conducted in the districts of Patiala, Jalandhar, SAS Nagar, Bathinda, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur of Punjab state. The study attempts to give insights to comparative of some vital essentials of demographic statistics. The present research thesis is based on profiling of government run Children's Homes in Punjab state and some of the vital indicators relating to the profile of these Children's Homes included their locations, staff details, date of inception and legal recognition, and inmate strength.
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