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Handwal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Handwal is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 216 families residing. The Handwal village has population of 1125 of which 563 are males while 562 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Handwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 143 which makes up 12.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Handwal village is 998 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Handwal as per census is 723, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Handwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Handwal village was 83.71 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Handwal Male literacy stands at 88.75 % while female literacy rate was 78.88 %.

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

Handwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 1,125 563 562
Child (0-6) 143 83 60
Schedule Caste 137 69 68
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.71 % 88.75 % 78.88 %
Total Workers 246 213 33
Main Worker 195 - -
Marginal Worker 51 24 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 12.18 % of total population in Handwal village. The village Handwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Handwal village out of total population, 246 were engaged in work activities. 79.27 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 20.73 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 246 workers engaged in Main Work, 86 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.