Meghowal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Meghowal is a medium size village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 285 families residing. The Meghowal village has population of 1336 of which 694 are males while 642 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meghowal village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 10.10 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meghowal village is 925 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Meghowal as per census is 824, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Meghowal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Meghowal village was 87.26 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Meghowal Male literacy stands at 90.48 % while female literacy rate was 83.82 %.

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

Meghowal Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	285	-	-
Population	1,336	694	642
Child (0-6)	135	74	61
Schedule Caste	704	355	349
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.26 %	90.48 %	83.82 %
Total Workers	422	365	57
Main Worker	392	-	-
Marginal Worker	30	17	13

Caste Factor

In Meghowal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.69 % of total population in Meghowal village. The village Meghowal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meghowal village out of total population, 422 were engaged in work activities. 92.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 422 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 8 were Agricultural labourer.