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Pakhowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Pakhowal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 236 families residing. The Pakhowal village has population of 1105 of which 569 are males while 536 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Pakhowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 9.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Pakhowal village is 942 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Pakhowal as per census is 1019, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Pakhowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Pakhowal village was 81.33 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Pakhowal Male literacy stands at 88.93 % while female literacy rate was 73.18 %.

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

Pakhowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 236 - -
Population 1,105 569 536
Child (0-6) 109 54 55
Schedule Caste 458 231 227
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.33 % 88.93 % 73.18 %
Total Workers 359 326 33
Main Worker 268 - -
Marginal Worker 91 90 1

Caste Factor

In Pakhowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.45 % of total population in Pakhowal village. The village Pakhowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Pakhowal village out of total population, 359 were engaged in work activities. 74.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 359 workers engaged in Main Work, 109 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.