Phagwara is a Municipal Council city in district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Phagwara city is divided into 27 wards for which elections are held every 5 years. The Phagwara Municipal Council has population of 97,864 of which 51,386 are males while 46,478 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.
Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 10073 which is 10.29 % of total population of Phagwara (M Cl). In Phagwara Municipal Council, Female Sex Ratio is of 904 against state average of 895. Moreover Child Sex Ratio in Phagwara is around 888 compared to Punjab state average of 846. Literacy rate of Phagwara city is 86.82 % higher than state average of 75.84 %. In Phagwara, Male literacy is around 89.94 % while female literacy rate is 83.39 %.
Phagwara Municipal Council has total administration over 20,719 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorize to build roads within Municipal Council limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.
Phagwara 2023 - 2024 Population
Current estimated population of Phagwara Municipal Council in 2024 is approximately
136,000.
The schedule census of 2021 for Phagwara city is postponed due to covid. We believe new population census for Phagwara city will be conducted in 2024 and same will be updated once its done. The current data for Phagwara town are estimated only but all 2011 figures are accurate.
Phagwara Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.84 % of total population in Phagwara (M Cl).
The (M Cl) Phagwara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Phagwara Work Profile
Out of total population, 34,945 were engaged in work or business activity. Of this 28,739 were males while 6,206 were females. In census survey, worker is defined as person who does business, job, service, and cultivator and labour activity.
Of total 34945 working population, 91.41 % were engaged in Main Work while 8.59 % of total workers were engaged in Marginal Work.