Gaunsuwal Population - Jalandhar, Punjab

Gaunsuwal is a medium size village located in Nakodar Tehsil of Jalandhar district, Punjab with total 178 families residing. The Gaunsuwal village has population of 1040 of which 513 are males while 527 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gaunsuwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 147 which makes up 14.13 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gaunsuwal village is 1027 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gaunsuwal as per census is 1130, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gaunsuwal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gaunsuwal village was 57.45 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gaunsuwal Male literacy stands at 66.67 % while female literacy rate was 48.33 %.

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

Gaunsuwal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	178	-	-
Population	1,040	513	527
Child (0-6)	147	69	78
Schedule Caste	903	439	464
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	57.45 %	66.67 %	48.33 %
Total Workers	336	286	50
Main Worker	192	-	-
Marginal Worker	144	120	24

Caste Factor

In Gaunsuwal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 86.83 % of total population in Gaunsuwal village. The village Gaunsuwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gaunsuwal village out of total population, 336 were engaged in work activities. 57.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 336 workers engaged in Main Work, 29 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 140 were Agricultural labourer.