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Sandhwan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sandhwan is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 122 families residing. The Sandhwan village has population of 620 of which 316 are males while 304 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sandhwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 75 which makes up 12.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sandhwan village is 962 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sandhwan as per census is 1206, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sandhwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sandhwan village was 78.90 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sandhwan Male literacy stands at 84.75 % while female literacy rate was 72.62 %.

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

Sandhwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 122 - -
Population 620 316 304
Child (0-6) 75 34 41
Schedule Caste 7 5 2
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.90 % 84.75 % 72.62 %
Total Workers 176 161 15
Main Worker 151 - -
Marginal Worker 25 20 5

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.13 % of total population in Sandhwan village. The village Sandhwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sandhwan village out of total population, 176 were engaged in work activities. 85.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 176 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.