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Ghagwal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Ghagwal is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 403 families residing. The Ghagwal village has population of 1798 of which 886 are males while 912 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Ghagwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 10.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Ghagwal village is 1029 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Ghagwal as per census is 888, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Ghagwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Ghagwal village was 89.71 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Ghagwal Male literacy stands at 95.30 % while female literacy rate was 84.36 %.

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

Ghagwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 403 - -
Population 1,798 886 912
Child (0-6) 185 98 87
Schedule Caste 376 199 177
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.71 % 95.30 % 84.36 %
Total Workers 359 335 24
Main Worker 327 - -
Marginal Worker 32 21 11

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.91 % of total population in Ghagwal village. The village Ghagwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Ghagwal village out of total population, 359 were engaged in work activities. 91.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 359 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 49 were Agricultural labourer.