Argowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Argowal is a large village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 489 families residing. The Argowal village has population of 2082 of which 1070 are males while 1012 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Argowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 9.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Argowal village is 946 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Argowal as per census is 891, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Argowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Argowal village was 83.45 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Argowal Male literacy stands at 88.13 % while female literacy rate was 78.52 %.

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

Argowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	489	-	-
Population	2,082	1,070	1,012
Child (0-6)	191	101	90
Schedule Caste	770	401	369
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	83.45 %	88.13 %	78.52 %
Total Workers	714	584	130
Main Worker	599	-	-
Marginal Worker	115	84	31

Caste Factor

In Argowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.98 % of total population in Argowal village. The village Argowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Argowal village out of total population, 714 were engaged in work activities. 83.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 714 workers engaged in Main Work, 188 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 55 were Agricultural labourer.