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Gandhwan Population - Kapurthala, Punjab

Gandhwan is a medium size village located in Phagwara Tehsil of Kapurthala district, Punjab with total 299 families residing. The Gandhwan village has population of 1454 of which 758 are males while 696 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gandhwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 10.32 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gandhwan village is 918 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gandhwan as per census is 852, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gandhwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gandhwan village was 79.37 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gandhwan Male literacy stands at 85.82 % while female literacy rate was 72.41 %.

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

Gandhwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 299 - -
Population 1,454 758 696
Child (0-6) 150 81 69
Schedule Caste 858 447 411
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 79.37 % 85.82 % 72.41 %
Total Workers 435 402 33
Main Worker 430 - -
Marginal Worker 5 4 1

Caste Factor

In Gandhwan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.01 % of total population in Gandhwan village. The village Gandhwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gandhwan village out of total population, 435 were engaged in work activities. 98.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 435 workers engaged in Main Work, 85 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.