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Behbowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Behbowal is a medium size village located in Dasua Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 359 families residing. The Behbowal village has population of 1772 of which 888 are males while 884 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Behbowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 11.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Behbowal village is 995 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Behbowal as per census is 772, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Behbowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Behbowal village was 85.16 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Behbowal Male literacy stands at 87.98 % while female literacy rate was 82.41 %.

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

Behbowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 359 - -
Population 1,772 888 884
Child (0-6) 202 114 88
Schedule Caste 146 79 67
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.16 % 87.98 % 82.41 %
Total Workers 496 441 55
Main Worker 431 - -
Marginal Worker 65 52 13

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 8.24 % of total population in Behbowal village. The village Behbowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Behbowal village out of total population, 496 were engaged in work activities. 86.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 13.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 496 workers engaged in Main Work, 250 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.