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Jhanjowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Jhanjowal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 159 families residing. The Jhanjowal village has population of 719 of which 380 are males while 339 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhanjowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 9.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhanjowal village is 892 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhanjowal as per census is 857, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jhanjowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhanjowal village was 87.46 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jhanjowal Male literacy stands at 90.72 % while female literacy rate was 83.82 %.

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

Jhanjowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 159 - -
Population 719 380 339
Child (0-6) 65 35 30
Schedule Caste 386 207 179
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.46 % 90.72 % 83.82 %
Total Workers 263 208 55
Main Worker 248 - -
Marginal Worker 15 5 10

Caste Factor

In Jhanjowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.69 % of total population in Jhanjowal village. The village Jhanjowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhanjowal village out of total population, 263 were engaged in work activities. 94.30 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.70 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 263 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 103 were Agricultural labourer.