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Gawal Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Gawal is a small village located in Baijnath Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 40 families residing. The Gawal village has population of 159 of which 69 are males while 90 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gawal village population of children with age 0-6 is 15 which makes up 9.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gawal village is 1304 which is higher than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gawal as per census is 1500, higher than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gawal village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gawal village was 82.64 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gawal Male literacy stands at 96.83 % while female literacy rate was 71.60 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Gawal village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Gawal village.

Gawal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 159 69 90
Child (0-6) 15 6 9
Schedule Caste 6 3 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.64 % 96.83 % 71.60 %
Total Workers 64 22 42
Main Worker 63 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.77 % of total population in Gawal village. The village Gawal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gawal village out of total population, 64 were engaged in work activities. 98.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 64 workers engaged in Main Work, 43 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.