Bhekhowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Bhekhowal is a medium size village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 41 families residing. The Bhekhowal village has population of 223 of which 108 are males while 115 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhekhowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 18 which makes up 8.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhekhowal village is 1065 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhekhowal as per census is 1250, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Bhekhowal village has lower literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhekhowal village was 68.78 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Bhekhowal Male literacy stands at 70.00 % while female literacy rate was 67.62 %.

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

Bhekhowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	41	-	-
Population	223	108	115
Child (0-6)	18	8	10
Schedule Caste	125	61	64
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	68.78 %	70.00 %	67.62 %
Total Workers	65	55	10
Main Worker	37	-	-
Marginal Worker	28	21	7

Caste Factor

In Bhekhowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.05 % of total population in Bhekhowal village. The village Bhekhowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bhekhowal village out of total population, 65 were engaged in work activities. 56.92 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.08 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 65 workers engaged in Main Work, 12 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.