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Parowal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Parowal is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 277 families residing. The Parowal village has population of 1407 of which 727 are males while 680 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Parowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 175 which makes up 12.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Parowal village is 935 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Parowal as per census is 804, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Parowal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Parowal village was 67.05 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Parowal Male literacy stands at 72.54 % while female literacy rate was 61.30 %.

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

Parowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 277 - -
Population 1,407 727 680
Child (0-6) 175 97 78
Schedule Caste 619 320 299
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.05 % 72.54 % 61.30 %
Total Workers 365 332 33
Main Worker 334 - -
Marginal Worker 31 23 8

Caste Factor

In Parowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.99 % of total population in Parowal village. The village Parowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Parowal village out of total population, 365 were engaged in work activities. 91.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 365 workers engaged in Main Work, 126 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.