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Rakwal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Rakwal is a medium size village located in Pathankot Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 82 families residing. The Rakwal village has population of 365 of which 193 are males while 172 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rakwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 31 which makes up 8.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rakwal village is 891 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Rakwal as per census is 550, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Rakwal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Rakwal village was 78.44 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Rakwal Male literacy stands at 84.39 % while female literacy rate was 72.05 %.

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

Rakwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 82 - -
Population 365 193 172
Child (0-6) 31 20 11
Schedule Caste 92 48 44
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.44 % 84.39 % 72.05 %
Total Workers 109 99 10
Main Worker 108 - -
Marginal Worker 1 1 0

Caste Factor

Rakwal village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.21 % of total population in Rakwal village. The village Rakwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rakwal village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 99.08 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.92 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 27 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 13 were Agricultural labourer.