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Purowal Araian Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Purowal Araian is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 157 families residing. The Purowal Araian village has population of 1030 of which 547 are males while 483 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Purowal Araian village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 11.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Purowal Araian village is 883 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Purowal Araian as per census is 891, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Purowal Araian village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Purowal Araian village was 82.40 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Purowal Araian Male literacy stands at 87.58 % while female literacy rate was 76.53 %.

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

Purowal Araian Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 157 - -
Population 1,030 547 483
Child (0-6) 121 64 57
Schedule Caste 57 28 29
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.40 % 87.58 % 76.53 %
Total Workers 290 272 18
Main Worker 265 - -
Marginal Worker 25 22 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 5.53 % of total population in Purowal Araian village. The village Purowal Araian currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Purowal Araian village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 91.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 101 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.