Shahwala Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Shahwala is a medium size village located in Zira Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 252 families residing. The Shahwala village has population of 1458 of which 764 are males while 694 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Shahwala village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 12.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Shahwala village is 908 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Shahwala as per census is 731, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Shahwala village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Shahwala village was 68.29 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Shahwala Male literacy stands at 73.93 % while female literacy rate was 62.28 %.

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

Shahwala Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	252	-	-
Population	1,458	764	694
Child (0-6)	187	108	79
Schedule Caste	709	385	324
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.29 %	73.93 %	62.28 %
Total Workers	928	511	417
Main Worker	418	-	-
Marginal Worker	510	112	398

Caste Factor

In Shahwala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.63 % of total population in Shahwala village. The village Shahwala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Shahwala village out of total population, 928 were engaged in work activities. 45.04 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.96 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 928 workers engaged in Main Work, 199 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 157 were Agricultural labourer.