Sekhwan Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Sekhwan is a large village located in Zira Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 443 families residing. The Sekhwan village has population of 2416 of which 1280 are males while 1136 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sekhwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 279 which makes up 11.55 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sekhwan village is 888 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sekhwan as per census is 885, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sekhwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sekhwan village was 65.42 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sekhwan Male literacy stands at 69.26 % while female literacy rate was 61.09 %.

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

Sekhwan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	443	-	-
Population	2,416	1,280	1,136
Child (0-6)	279	148	131
Schedule Caste	1,106	586	520
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	65.42 %	69.26 %	61.09 %
Total Workers	919	745	174
Main Worker	789	-	-
Marginal Worker	130	12	118

Caste Factor

In Sekhwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.78 % of total population in Sekhwan village. The village Sekhwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sekhwan village out of total population, 919 were engaged in work activities. 85.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 919 workers engaged in Main Work, 256 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 184 were Agricultural labourer.