Jhawan Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Jhawan is a large village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 543 families residing. The Jhawan village has population of 2533 of which 1300 are males while 1233 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jhawan village population of children with age 0-6 is 250 which makes up 9.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jhawan village is 948 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Jhawan as per census is 969, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Jhawan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Jhawan village was 84.76 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Jhawan Male literacy stands at 87.89 % while female literacy rate was 81.44 %.

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

Jhawan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	543	-	-
Population	2,533	1,300	1,233
Child (0-6)	250	127	123
Schedule Caste	1,138	564	574
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	84.76 %	87.89 %	81.44 %
Total Workers	824	699	125
Main Worker	732	-	-
Marginal Worker	92	65	27

Caste Factor

In Jhawan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 44.93 % of total population in Jhawan village. The village Jhawan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jhawan village out of total population, 824 were engaged in work activities. 88.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 824 workers engaged in Main Work, 191 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 123 were Agricultural labourer.