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Bakhshiwala Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Bakhshiwala is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 257 families residing. The Bakhshiwala village has population of 1354 of which 718 are males while 636 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bakhshiwala village population of children with age 0-6 is 179 which makes up 13.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bakhshiwala village is 886 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bakhshiwala as per census is 689, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Bakhshiwala village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bakhshiwala village was 78.13 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bakhshiwala Male literacy stands at 83.01 % while female literacy rate was 72.82 %.

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

Bakhshiwala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,354 718 636
Child (0-6) 179 106 73
Schedule Caste 18 8 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.13 % 83.01 % 72.82 %
Total Workers 364 345 19
Main Worker 353 - -
Marginal Worker 11 10 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.33 % of total population in Bakhshiwala village. The village Bakhshiwala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bakhshiwala village out of total population, 364 were engaged in work activities. 96.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 364 workers engaged in Main Work, 157 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.