Akam Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Akam is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 91 families residing. The Akam village has population of 471 of which 239 are males while 232 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Akam village population of children with age 0-6 is 53 which makes up 11.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Akam village is 971 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Akam as per census is 1208, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Akam village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Akam village was 85.65 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Akam Male literacy stands at 86.98 % while female literacy rate was 84.24 %.

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

Akam Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	91	-	-
Population	471	239	232
Child (0-6)	53	24	29
Schedule Caste	278	136	142
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	85.65 %	86.98 %	84.24 %
Total Workers	193	140	53
Main Worker	70	-	-
Marginal Worker	123	77	46

Caste Factor

In Akam village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.02 % of total population in Akam village. The village Akam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Akam village out of total population, 193 were engaged in work activities. 36.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 193 workers engaged in Main Work, 34 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.