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Meghowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Meghowal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 385 families residing. The Meghowal village has population of 1818 of which 888 are males while 930 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meghowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 180 which makes up 9.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meghowal village is 1047 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Meghowal as per census is 1169, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Meghowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Meghowal village was 84.49 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Meghowal Male literacy stands at 88.32 % while female literacy rate was 80.79 %.

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

Meghowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 385 - -
Population 1,818 888 930
Child (0-6) 180 83 97
Schedule Caste 720 351 369
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.49 % 88.32 % 80.79 %
Total Workers 577 500 77
Main Worker 465 - -
Marginal Worker 112 98 14

Caste Factor

In Meghowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.60 % of total population in Meghowal village. The village Meghowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meghowal village out of total population, 577 were engaged in work activities. 80.59 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.41 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 577 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 12 were Agricultural labourer.