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Gambhowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Gambhowal is a medium size village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 247 families residing. The Gambhowal village has population of 1152 of which 566 are males while 586 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gambhowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 10.42 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gambhowal village is 1035 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Gambhowal as per census is 935, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Gambhowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Gambhowal village was 88.47 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Gambhowal Male literacy stands at 92.66 % while female literacy rate was 84.47 %.

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

Gambhowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 247 - -
Population 1,152 566 586
Child (0-6) 120 62 58
Schedule Caste 373 174 199
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.47 % 92.66 % 84.47 %
Total Workers 336 264 72
Main Worker 276 - -
Marginal Worker 60 39 21

Caste Factor

Gambhowal village of Hoshiarpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.38 % of total population in Gambhowal village. The village Gambhowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Gambhowal village out of total population, 336 were engaged in work activities. 82.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 336 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 30 were Agricultural labourer.