Barwa Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Barwa is a medium size village located in Nawanshahr Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 261 families residing. The Barwa village has population of 1140 of which 560 are males while 580 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barwa village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 7.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barwa village is 1036 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Barwa as per census is 837, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Barwa village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Barwa village was 82.19 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Barwa Male literacy stands at 89.43 % while female literacy rate was 75.32 %.

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

Barwa Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	261	-	-
Population	1,140	560	580
Child (0-6)	90	49	41
Schedule Caste	661	339	322
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	82.19 %	89.43 %	75.32 %
Total Workers	321	285	36
Main Worker	257	-	-
Marginal Worker	64	53	11

Caste Factor

In Barwa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.98 % of total population in Barwa village. The village Barwa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Barwa village out of total population, 321 were engaged in work activities. 80.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 321 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.