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Bhanwal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Bhanwal is a large village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 443 families residing. The Bhanwal village has population of 2283 of which 1188 are males while 1095 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhanwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 262 which makes up 11.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhanwal village is 922 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhanwal as per census is 885, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Bhanwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhanwal village was 78.67 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bhanwal Male literacy stands at 83.89 % while female literacy rate was 73.05 %.

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

Bhanwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 443 - -
Population 2,283 1,188 1,095
Child (0-6) 262 139 123
Schedule Caste 538 290 248
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.67 % 83.89 % 73.05 %
Total Workers 687 603 84
Main Worker 619 - -
Marginal Worker 68 41 27

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.57 % of total population in Bhanwal village. The village Bhanwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bhanwal village out of total population, 687 were engaged in work activities. 90.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 687 workers engaged in Main Work, 39 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 106 were Agricultural labourer.