Asafpur Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Asafpur is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 177 families residing. The Asafpur village has population of 825 of which 379 are males while 446 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Asafpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 81 which makes up 9.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Asafpur village is 1177 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Asafpur as per census is 1314, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Asafpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Asafpur village was 85.89 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Asafpur Male literacy stands at 92.15 % while female literacy rate was 80.50 %.

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

Asafpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	177	-	-
Population	825	379	446
Child (0-6)	81	35	46
Schedule Caste	294	139	155
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	85.89 %	92.15 %	80.50 %
Total Workers	209	178	31
Main Worker	185	-	-
Marginal Worker	24	11	13

Caste Factor

In Asafpur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.64 % of total population in Asafpur village. The village Asafpur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Asafpur village out of total population, 209 were engaged in work activities. 88.52 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.48 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 209 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.