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Punwan Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Punwan is a medium size village located in Batala Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 177 families residing. The Punwan village has population of 947 of which 500 are males while 447 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Punwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 115 which makes up 12.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Punwan village is 894 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Punwan as per census is 855, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Punwan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Punwan village was 77.88 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Punwan Male literacy stands at 83.79 % while female literacy rate was 71.32 %.

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

Punwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 177 - -
Population 947 500 447
Child (0-6) 115 62 53
Schedule Caste 188 94 94
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.88 % 83.79 % 71.32 %
Total Workers 262 245 17
Main Worker 258 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 19.85 % of total population in Punwan village. The village Punwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Punwan village out of total population, 262 were engaged in work activities. 98.47 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.53 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 262 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.