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Awan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Awan is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 128 families residing. The Awan village has population of 675 of which 343 are males while 332 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Awan village population of children with age 0-6 is 77 which makes up 11.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Awan village is 968 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Awan as per census is 791, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Awan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Awan village was 81.94 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Awan Male literacy stands at 88.33 % while female literacy rate was 75.50 %.

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

Awan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 128 - -
Population 675 343 332
Child (0-6) 77 43 34
Schedule Caste 5 3 2
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.94 % 88.33 % 75.50 %
Total Workers 199 186 13
Main Worker 153 - -
Marginal Worker 46 40 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.74 % of total population in Awan village. The village Awan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Awan village out of total population, 199 were engaged in work activities. 76.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 199 workers engaged in Main Work, 117 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.