Pakhowal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Pakhowal is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 213 families residing. The Pakhowal village has population of 1187 of which 609 are males while 578 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pakhowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 130 which makes up 10.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pakhowal village is 949 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Pakhowal as per census is 1000, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Pakhowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Pakhowal village was 83.82 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Pakhowal Male literacy stands at 87.50 % while female literacy rate was 79.92 %.

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

Pakhowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	213	-	-
Population	1,187	609	578
Child (0-6)	130	65	65
Schedule Caste	613	312	301
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.82 %	87.50 %	79.92 %
Total Workers	322	304	18
Main Worker	291	-	-
Marginal Worker	31	27	4

Caste Factor

In Pakhowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.64 % of total population in Pakhowal village. The village Pakhowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pakhowal village out of total population, 322 were engaged in work activities. 90.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 322 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 57 were Agricultural labourer.