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Gowara Population - Sangrur, Punjab

Gowara is a large village located in Malerkotla Tehsil of Sangrur district, Punjab with total 574 families residing. The Gowara village has population of 2818 of which 1503 are males while 1315 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gowara village population of children with age 0-6 is 278 which makes up 9.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gowara village is 875 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gowara as per census is 748, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gowara village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gowara village was 73.98 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gowara Male literacy stands at 78.42 % while female literacy rate was 68.98 %.

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

Gowara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 574 - -
Population 2,818 1,503 1,315
Child (0-6) 278 159 119
Schedule Caste 921 490 431
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.98 % 78.42 % 68.98 %
Total Workers 1,018 827 191
Main Worker 819 - -
Marginal Worker 199 150 49

Caste Factor

Gowara village of Sangrur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.68 % of total population in Gowara village. The village Gowara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gowara village out of total population, 1018 were engaged in work activities. 80.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1018 workers engaged in Main Work, 297 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.