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Chhawala Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Chhawala is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 389 families residing. The Chhawala village has population of 2179 of which 1129 are males while 1050 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Chhawala village population of children with age 0-6 is 261 which makes up 11.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Chhawala village is 930 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Chhawala as per census is 891, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Chhawala village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Chhawala village was 81.18 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Chhawala Male literacy stands at 85.27 % while female literacy rate was 76.81 %.

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

Chhawala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 389 - -
Population 2,179 1,129 1,050
Child (0-6) 261 138 123
Schedule Caste 137 60 77
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.18 % 85.27 % 76.81 %
Total Workers 697 619 78
Main Worker 607 - -
Marginal Worker 90 57 33

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.29 % of total population in Chhawala village. The village Chhawala currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Chhawala village out of total population, 697 were engaged in work activities. 87.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 697 workers engaged in Main Work, 304 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.