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Chatwal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chatwal is a large village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 535 families residing. The Chatwal village has population of 2567 of which 1308 are males while 1259 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chatwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 267 which makes up 10.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chatwal village is 963 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chatwal as per census is 1008, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Chatwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chatwal village was 87.13 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chatwal Male literacy stands at 90.81 % while female literacy rate was 83.29 %.

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

Chatwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 535 - -
Population 2,567 1,308 1,259
Child (0-6) 267 133 134
Schedule Caste 810 423 387
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.13 % 90.81 % 83.29 %
Total Workers 662 592 70
Main Worker 531 - -
Marginal Worker 131 127 4

Caste Factor

Chatwal village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 31.55 % of total population in Chatwal village. The village Chatwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chatwal village out of total population, 662 were engaged in work activities. 80.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 662 workers engaged in Main Work, 22 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.