Sandhar Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Sandhar is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 185 families residing. The Sandhar village has population of 861 of which 457 are males while 404 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sandhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 78 which makes up 9.06 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sandhar village is 884 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sandhar as per census is 660, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Sandhar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sandhar village was 81.10 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sandhar Male literacy stands at 82.68 % while female literacy rate was 79.36 %.

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

Sandhar Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	185	-	-
Population	861	457	404
Child (0-6)	78	47	31
Schedule Caste	385	207	178
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	81.10 %	82.68 %	79.36 %
Total Workers	264	241	23
Main Worker	54	-	-
Marginal Worker	210	195	15

Caste Factor

In Sandhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.72 % of total population in Sandhar village. The village Sandhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sandhar village out of total population, 264 were engaged in work activities. 20.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 79.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 264 workers engaged in Main Work, 7 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.