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Najowal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Najowal is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 77 families residing. The Najowal village has population of 421 of which 226 are males while 195 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Najowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 43 which makes up 10.21 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Najowal village is 863 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Najowal as per census is 720, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Najowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Najowal village was 85.45 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Najowal Male literacy stands at 88.06 % while female literacy rate was 82.49 %.

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

Najowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 77 - -
Population 421 226 195
Child (0-6) 43 25 18
Schedule Caste 81 44 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.45 % 88.06 % 82.49 %
Total Workers 139 130 9
Main Worker 51 - -
Marginal Worker 88 86 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.24 % of total population in Najowal village. The village Najowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Najowal village out of total population, 139 were engaged in work activities. 36.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 139 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.