Skip to main content Skip to docs navigation

Gowara Population - Gurdaspur, Punjab

Gowara is a medium size village located in Dera Baba Nanak Tehsil of Gurdaspur district, Punjab with total 233 families residing. The Gowara village has population of 1280 of which 661 are males while 619 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gowara village population of children with age 0-6 is 163 which makes up 12.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gowara village is 936 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gowara as per census is 791, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Gowara village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gowara village was 74.13 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gowara Male literacy stands at 78.95 % while female literacy rate was 69.10 %.

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

Gowara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 233 - -
Population 1,280 661 619
Child (0-6) 163 91 72
Schedule Caste 108 59 49
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.13 % 78.95 % 69.10 %
Total Workers 371 318 53
Main Worker 310 - -
Marginal Worker 61 42 19

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.44 % of total population in Gowara village. The village Gowara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gowara village out of total population, 371 were engaged in work activities. 83.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 371 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.