Mehrowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Mehrowal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 111 families residing. The Mehrowal village has population of 515 of which 267 are males while 248 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehrowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 65 which makes up 12.62 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehrowal village is 929 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehrowal as per census is 1031, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Mehrowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehrowal village was 84.89 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mehrowal Male literacy stands at 91.49 % while female literacy rate was 77.67 %.

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

Mehrowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	111	-	-
Population	515	267	248
Child (0-6)	65	32	33
Schedule Caste	347	179	168
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	84.89 %	91.49 %	77.67 %
Total Workers	168	136	32
Main Worker	139	-	-
Marginal Worker	29	16	13

Caste Factor

In Mehrowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 67.38 % of total population in Mehrowal village. The village Mehrowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mehrowal village out of total population, 168 were engaged in work activities. 82.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 168 workers engaged in Main Work, 26 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.