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Bahowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Bahowal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 308 families residing. The Bahowal village has population of 1298 of which 656 are males while 642 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bahowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 121 which makes up 9.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bahowal village is 979 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bahowal as per census is 806, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Bahowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bahowal village was 85.05 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bahowal Male literacy stands at 87.78 % while female literacy rate was 82.31 %.

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

Bahowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 308 - -
Population 1,298 656 642
Child (0-6) 121 67 54
Schedule Caste 703 350 353
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.05 % 87.78 % 82.31 %
Total Workers 477 363 114
Main Worker 277 - -
Marginal Worker 200 136 64

Caste Factor

In Bahowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 54.16 % of total population in Bahowal village. The village Bahowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bahowal village out of total population, 477 were engaged in work activities. 58.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 477 workers engaged in Main Work, 102 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.