Sahowal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Sahowal is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 370 families residing. The Sahowal village has population of 2071 of which 1082 are males while 989 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Sahowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 185 which makes up 8.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Sahowal village is 914 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Sahowal as per census is 968, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Sahowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Sahowal village was 80.17 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Sahowal Male literacy stands at 84.62 % while female literacy rate was 75.28 %.

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

Sahowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	370	-	-
Population	2,071	1,082	989
Child (0-6)	185	94	91
Schedule Caste	944	514	430
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	80.17 %	84.62 %	75.28 %
Total Workers	795	652	143
Main Worker	458	-	-
Marginal Worker	337	241	96

Caste Factor

In Sahowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.58 % of total population in Sahowal village. The village Sahowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Sahowal village out of total population, 795 were engaged in work activities. 57.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 795 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 65 were Agricultural labourer.