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Kahnuwan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Kahnuwan is a large village located in Gurdaspur Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 1666 families residing. The Kahnuwan village has population of 8972 of which 4623 are males while 4349 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kahnuwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 1038 which makes up 11.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kahnuwan village is 941 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kahnuwan as per census is 898, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Kahnuwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kahnuwan village was 81.83 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kahnuwan Male literacy stands at 86.33 % while female literacy rate was 77.06 %.

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

Kahnuwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,666 - -
Population 8,972 4,623 4,349
Child (0-6) 1,038 547 491
Schedule Caste 619 314 305
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.83 % 86.33 % 77.06 %
Total Workers 2,592 2,322 270
Main Worker 2,252 - -
Marginal Worker 340 259 81

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.90 % of total population in Kahnuwan village. The village Kahnuwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kahnuwan village out of total population, 2592 were engaged in work activities. 86.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2592 workers engaged in Main Work, 449 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 173 were Agricultural labourer.