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Jhawar Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Jhawar is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 428 families residing. The Jhawar village has population of 2189 of which 1132 are males while 1057 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhawar village population of children with age 0-6 is 216 which makes up 9.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhawar village is 934 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhawar as per census is 815, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Jhawar village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhawar village was 82.56 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jhawar Male literacy stands at 87.86 % while female literacy rate was 76.98 %.

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

Jhawar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 428 - -
Population 2,189 1,132 1,057
Child (0-6) 216 119 97
Schedule Caste 424 220 204
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 82.56 % 87.86 % 76.98 %
Total Workers 629 543 86
Main Worker 435 - -
Marginal Worker 194 162 32

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.37 % of total population in Jhawar village. The village Jhawar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhawar village out of total population, 629 were engaged in work activities. 69.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 629 workers engaged in Main Work, 176 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.