Bachhwan Population - Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab

Bachhwan is a medium size village located in Balachaur Tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab with total 104 families residing. The Bachhwan village has population of 523 of which 255 are males while 268 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bachhwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 15.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bachhwan village is 1051 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bachhwan as per census is 1613, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Bachhwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bachhwan village was 79.41 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bachhwan Male literacy stands at 87.05 % while female literacy rate was 71.56 %.

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

Bachhwan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	104	-	-
Population	523	255	268
Child (0-6)	81	31	50
Schedule Caste	437	206	231
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	79.41 %	87.05 %	71.56 %
Total Workers	159	137	22
Main Worker	157	-	-
Marginal Worker	2	0	2

Caste Factor

In Bachhwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 83.56 % of total population in Bachhwan village. The village Bachhwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bachhwan village out of total population, 159 were engaged in work activities. 98.74 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.26 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 159 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 11 were Agricultural labourer.