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Alowal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Alowal is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 296 families residing. The Alowal village has population of 1586 of which 838 are males while 748 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 151 which makes up 9.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alowal village is 893 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Alowal as per census is 659, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Alowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Alowal village was 79.51 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Alowal Male literacy stands at 85.54 % while female literacy rate was 72.97 %.

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

Alowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 296 - -
Population 1,586 838 748
Child (0-6) 151 91 60
Schedule Caste 279 146 133
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.51 % 85.54 % 72.97 %
Total Workers 785 495 290
Main Worker 704 - -
Marginal Worker 81 44 37

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 17.59 % of total population in Alowal village. The village Alowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Alowal village out of total population, 785 were engaged in work activities. 89.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 785 workers engaged in Main Work, 322 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 292 were Agricultural labourer.