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Gadwal Population - Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Gadwal is a small village located in Nurpur Tehsil of Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh with total 37 families residing. The Gadwal village has population of 176 of which 96 are males while 80 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gadwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 12 which makes up 6.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gadwal village is 833 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Gadwal as per census is 500, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Gadwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Gadwal village was 88.41 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Gadwal Male literacy stands at 93.18 % while female literacy rate was 82.89 %.

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

Gadwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 37 - -
Population 176 96 80
Child (0-6) 12 8 4
Schedule Caste 47 23 24
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.41 % 93.18 % 82.89 %
Total Workers 56 50 6
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 5 5 0

Caste Factor

Gadwal village of Kangra has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.70 % of total population in Gadwal village. The village Gadwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gadwal village out of total population, 56 were engaged in work activities. 91.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 56 workers engaged in Main Work, 31 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.