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Seikhwan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Seikhwan is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 174 families residing. The Seikhwan village has population of 924 of which 486 are males while 438 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Seikhwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 127 which makes up 13.74 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Seikhwan village is 901 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Seikhwan as per census is 789, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Seikhwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Seikhwan village was 75.03 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Seikhwan Male literacy stands at 78.55 % while female literacy rate was 71.20 %.

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

Seikhwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 174 - -
Population 924 486 438
Child (0-6) 127 71 56
Schedule Caste 300 160 140
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.03 % 78.55 % 71.20 %
Total Workers 283 267 16
Main Worker 164 - -
Marginal Worker 119 117 2

Caste Factor

Seikhwan village of Gurdaspur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.47 % of total population in Seikhwan village. The village Seikhwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Seikhwan village out of total population, 283 were engaged in work activities. 57.95 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.05 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 283 workers engaged in Main Work, 125 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.