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Salowal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Salowal is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 123 families residing. The Salowal village has population of 546 of which 281 are males while 265 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 12.45 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salowal village is 943 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Salowal as per census is 789, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Salowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Salowal village was 87.87 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Salowal Male literacy stands at 93.00 % while female literacy rate was 82.55 %.

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

Salowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 546 281 265
Child (0-6) 68 38 30
Schedule Caste 125 63 62
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.87 % 93.00 % 82.55 %
Total Workers 134 125 9
Main Worker 67 - -
Marginal Worker 67 67 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 22.89 % of total population in Salowal village. The village Salowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salowal village out of total population, 134 were engaged in work activities. 50.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 134 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.