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Babowal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Babowal is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 544 families residing. The Babowal village has population of 2631 of which 1380 are males while 1251 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Babowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 276 which makes up 10.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Babowal village is 907 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Babowal as per census is 769, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Babowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Babowal village was 85.48 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Babowal Male literacy stands at 89.30 % while female literacy rate was 81.34 %.

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

Babowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 544 - -
Population 2,631 1,380 1,251
Child (0-6) 276 156 120
Schedule Caste 1,837 966 871
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.48 % 89.30 % 81.34 %
Total Workers 871 687 184
Main Worker 604 - -
Marginal Worker 267 160 107

Caste Factor

In Babowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 69.82 % of total population in Babowal village. The village Babowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Babowal village out of total population, 871 were engaged in work activities. 69.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 871 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.