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Salhowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Salhowal is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 127 families residing. The Salhowal village has population of 620 of which 311 are males while 309 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Salhowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 70 which makes up 11.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Salhowal village is 994 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Salhowal as per census is 750, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Salhowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Salhowal village was 88.36 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Salhowal Male literacy stands at 93.73 % while female literacy rate was 83.15 %.

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

Salhowal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 127 - -
Population 620 311 309
Child (0-6) 70 40 30
Schedule Caste 153 79 74
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.36 % 93.73 % 83.15 %
Total Workers 232 175 57
Main Worker 160 - -
Marginal Worker 72 36 36

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.68 % of total population in Salhowal village. The village Salhowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Salhowal village out of total population, 232 were engaged in work activities. 68.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 232 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.