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Sekhowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Sekhowal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 258 families residing. The Sekhowal village has population of 1332 of which 650 are males while 682 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sekhowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 167 which makes up 12.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sekhowal village is 1049 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sekhowal as per census is 898, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sekhowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sekhowal village was 80.52 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sekhowal Male literacy stands at 89.32 % while female literacy rate was 72.31 %.

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

Sekhowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,332 650 682
Child (0-6) 167 88 79
Schedule Caste 371 171 200
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.52 % 89.32 % 72.31 %
Total Workers 347 323 24
Main Worker 249 - -
Marginal Worker 98 92 6

Caste Factor

Sekhowal village of Hoshiarpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.85 % of total population in Sekhowal village. The village Sekhowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sekhowal village out of total population, 347 were engaged in work activities. 71.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 347 workers engaged in Main Work, 166 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.