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Giganwal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Giganwal is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 254 families residing. The Giganwal village has population of 1138 of which 590 are males while 548 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Giganwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 9.58 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Giganwal village is 929 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Giganwal as per census is 758, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Giganwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Giganwal village was 88.82 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Giganwal Male literacy stands at 88.64 % while female literacy rate was 89.02 %.

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

Giganwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 254 - -
Population 1,138 590 548
Child (0-6) 109 62 47
Schedule Caste 266 130 136
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.82 % 88.64 % 89.02 %
Total Workers 405 302 103
Main Worker 336 - -
Marginal Worker 69 12 57

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.37 % of total population in Giganwal village. The village Giganwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Giganwal village out of total population, 405 were engaged in work activities. 82.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 405 workers engaged in Main Work, 93 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.