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Kanwan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Kanwan is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 208 families residing. The Kanwan village has population of 988 of which 541 are males while 447 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kanwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 11.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kanwan village is 826 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kanwan as per census is 871, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Kanwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kanwan village was 82.57 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kanwan Male literacy stands at 88.52 % while female literacy rate was 75.32 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kanwan 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 Kanwan village.

Kanwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 208 - -
Population 988 541 447
Child (0-6) 116 62 54
Schedule Caste 267 154 113
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.57 % 88.52 % 75.32 %
Total Workers 313 284 29
Main Worker 232 - -
Marginal Worker 81 76 5

Caste Factor

Kanwan village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.02 % of total population in Kanwan village. The village Kanwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kanwan village out of total population, 313 were engaged in work activities. 74.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 313 workers engaged in Main Work, 24 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.