Sakhowal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sakhowal is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 303 families residing. The Sakhowal village has population of 1560 of which 799 are males while 761 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sakhowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sakhowal village is 952 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sakhowal as per census is 741, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Sakhowal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sakhowal village was 70.40 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sakhowal Male literacy stands at 73.51 % while female literacy rate was 67.26 %.

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

Sakhowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	303	-	-
Population	1,560	799	761
Child (0-6)	195	112	83
Schedule Caste	575	306	269
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	70.40 %	73.51 %	67.26 %
Total Workers	613	449	164
Main Worker	267	-	-
Marginal Worker	346	211	135

Caste Factor

In Sakhowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.86 % of total population in Sakhowal village. The village Sakhowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sakhowal village out of total population, 613 were engaged in work activities. 43.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 613 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 44 were Agricultural labourer.