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Awan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Awan is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 95 families residing. The Awan village has population of 459 of which 244 are males while 215 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Awan village population of children with age 0-6 is 62 which makes up 13.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Awan village is 881 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Awan as per census is 722, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Awan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Awan village was 77.83 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Awan Male literacy stands at 80.29 % while female literacy rate was 75.13 %.

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 95 - -
Population 459 244 215
Child (0-6) 62 36 26
Schedule Caste 20 10 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.83 % 80.29 % 75.13 %
Total Workers 130 114 16
Main Worker 130 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.36 % 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, 130 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 130 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 9 were Agricultural labourer.