Biggowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Biggowal is a medium size village located in Mukerian Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 151 families residing. The Biggowal village has population of 740 of which 363 are males while 377 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Biggowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 94 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Biggowal village is 1039 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Biggowal as per census is 918, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Biggowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Biggowal village was 86.53 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Biggowal Male literacy stands at 90.13 % while female literacy rate was 83.13 %.

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

Biggowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	151	-	-
Population	740	363	377
Child (0-6)	94	49	45
Schedule Caste	316	151	165
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	86.53 %	90.13 %	83.13 %
Total Workers	294	176	118
Main Worker	204	-	-
Marginal Worker	90	10	80

Caste Factor

In Biggowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.70 % of total population in Biggowal village. The village Biggowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Biggowal village out of total population, 294 were engaged in work activities. 69.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 294 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 50 were Agricultural labourer.