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Garhi Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Garhi is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 284 families residing. The Garhi village has population of 1331 of which 643 are males while 688 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Garhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 134 which makes up 10.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Garhi village is 1070 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Garhi as per census is 887, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Garhi village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Garhi village was 82.04 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Garhi Male literacy stands at 88.99 % while female literacy rate was 75.68 %.

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

Garhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,331 643 688
Child (0-6) 134 71 63
Schedule Caste 496 233 263
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.04 % 88.99 % 75.68 %
Total Workers 314 283 31
Main Worker 220 - -
Marginal Worker 94 91 3

Caste Factor

In Garhi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.27 % of total population in Garhi village. The village Garhi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Garhi village out of total population, 314 were engaged in work activities. 70.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 314 workers engaged in Main Work, 46 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.