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Bishniwal Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Bishniwal is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 106 families residing. The Bishniwal village has population of 543 of which 285 are males while 258 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bishniwal village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 11.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bishniwal village is 905 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bishniwal as per census is 676, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Bishniwal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bishniwal village was 70.69 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bishniwal Male literacy stands at 75.00 % while female literacy rate was 66.09 %.

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

Bishniwal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 106 - -
Population 543 285 258
Child (0-6) 62 37 25
Schedule Caste 134 69 65
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.69 % 75.00 % 66.09 %
Total Workers 119 116 3
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 4 4 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.68 % of total population in Bishniwal village. The village Bishniwal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bishniwal village out of total population, 119 were engaged in work activities. 96.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.