Mehmowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Mehmowal is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 243 families residing. The Mehmowal village has population of 1291 of which 662 are males while 629 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehmowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 197 which makes up 15.26 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehmowal village is 950 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehmowal as per census is 970, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Mehmowal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehmowal village was 71.12 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mehmowal Male literacy stands at 77.94 % while female literacy rate was 63.91 %.

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

Mehmowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	243	-	-
Population	1,291	662	629
Child (0-6)	197	100	97
Schedule Caste	1,041	541	500
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	71.12 %	77.94 %	63.91 %
Total Workers	404	342	62
Main Worker	116	-	-
Marginal Worker	288	233	55

Caste Factor

In Mehmowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 80.64 % of total population in Mehmowal village. The village Mehmowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mehmowal village out of total population, 404 were engaged in work activities. 28.71 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.29 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 404 workers engaged in Main Work, 44 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.