Asal Population - Firozpur, Punjab

Asal is a medium size village located in Firozpur Tehsil of Firozpur district, Punjab with total 294 families residing. The Asal village has population of 1458 of which 760 are males while 698 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asal village population of children with age 0-6 is 224 which makes up 15.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asal village is 918 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Asal as per census is 1154, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Asal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Asal village was 61.10 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Asal Male literacy stands at 67.07 % while female literacy rate was 54.33 %.

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

Asal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	294	-	-
Population	1,458	760	698
Child (0-6)	224	104	120
Schedule Caste	963	497	466
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	61.10 %	67.07 %	54.33 %
Total Workers	715	458	257
Main Worker	339	-	-
Marginal Worker	376	161	215

Caste Factor

In Asal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 66.05 % of total population in Asal village. The village Asal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Asal village out of total population, 715 were engaged in work activities. 47.41 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.59 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 715 workers engaged in Main Work, 116 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.