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Kandhala Sheikhan Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Kandhala Sheikhan is a medium size village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 271 families residing. The Kandhala Sheikhan village has population of 1393 of which 725 are males while 668 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kandhala Sheikhan village population of children with age 0-6 is 157 which makes up 11.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kandhala Sheikhan village is 921 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kandhala Sheikhan as per census is 826, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Kandhala Sheikhan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kandhala Sheikhan village was 84.14 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kandhala Sheikhan Male literacy stands at 89.51 % while female literacy rate was 78.39 %.

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

Kandhala Sheikhan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 271 - -
Population 1,393 725 668
Child (0-6) 157 86 71
Schedule Caste 688 356 332
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.14 % 89.51 % 78.39 %
Total Workers 493 355 138
Main Worker 480 - -
Marginal Worker 13 8 5

Caste Factor

In Kandhala Sheikhan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 49.39 % of total population in Kandhala Sheikhan village. The village Kandhala Sheikhan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kandhala Sheikhan village out of total population, 493 were engaged in work activities. 97.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 493 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 126 were Agricultural labourer.