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Alawalpur Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Alawalpur is a medium size village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 258 families residing. The Alawalpur village has population of 1265 of which 659 are males while 606 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Alawalpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 12.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Alawalpur village is 920 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Alawalpur as per census is 809, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Alawalpur village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Alawalpur village was 75.82 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Alawalpur Male literacy stands at 80.70 % while female literacy rate was 70.60 %.

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

Alawalpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 258 - -
Population 1,265 659 606
Child (0-6) 161 89 72
Schedule Caste 369 189 180
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.82 % 80.70 % 70.60 %
Total Workers 394 340 54
Main Worker 194 - -
Marginal Worker 200 172 28

Caste Factor

Alawalpur village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 29.17 % of total population in Alawalpur village. The village Alawalpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Alawalpur village out of total population, 394 were engaged in work activities. 49.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 394 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.