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Kahlwan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Kahlwan is a large village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 583 families residing. The Kahlwan village has population of 3326 of which 1746 are males while 1580 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kahlwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 390 which makes up 11.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kahlwan village is 905 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kahlwan as per census is 940, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Kahlwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kahlwan village was 64.82 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kahlwan Male literacy stands at 69.19 % while female literacy rate was 59.96 %.

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

Kahlwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 583 - -
Population 3,326 1,746 1,580
Child (0-6) 390 201 189
Schedule Caste 544 268 276
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.82 % 69.19 % 59.96 %
Total Workers 1,490 1,059 431
Main Worker 992 - -
Marginal Worker 498 244 254

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.36 % of total population in Kahlwan village. The village Kahlwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kahlwan village out of total population, 1490 were engaged in work activities. 66.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1490 workers engaged in Main Work, 255 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 231 were Agricultural labourer.