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Matwan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Matwan is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 159 families residing. The Matwan village has population of 863 of which 451 are males while 412 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 9.39 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matwan village is 914 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Matwan as per census is 841, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Matwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Matwan village was 79.67 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Matwan Male literacy stands at 84.03 % while female literacy rate was 74.93 %.

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

Matwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 863 451 412
Child (0-6) 81 44 37
Schedule Caste 166 98 68
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.67 % 84.03 % 74.93 %
Total Workers 268 256 12
Main Worker 266 - -
Marginal Worker 2 2 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.24 % of total population in Matwan village. The village Matwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Matwan village out of total population, 268 were engaged in work activities. 99.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 268 workers engaged in Main Work, 124 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 27 were Agricultural labourer.