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Awan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Awan is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 126 families residing. The Awan village has population of 556 of which 283 are males while 273 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Awan village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 10.61 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Awan village is 965 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Awan as per census is 553, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Awan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Awan village was 75.45 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Awan Male literacy stands at 81.63 % while female literacy rate was 69.44 %.

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

Awan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 126 - -
Population 556 283 273
Child (0-6) 59 38 21
Schedule Caste 7 4 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.45 % 81.63 % 69.44 %
Total Workers 194 145 49
Main Worker 191 - -
Marginal Worker 3 1 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.26 % of total population in Awan village. The village Awan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Awan village out of total population, 194 were engaged in work activities. 98.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 194 workers engaged in Main Work, 73 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.