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Mahal Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Mahal is a medium size village located in Garhshankar Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 121 families residing. The Mahal village has population of 569 of which 282 are males while 287 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahal village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 9.49 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahal village is 1018 which is higher than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahal as per census is 1077, higher than Punjab average of 846.

Mahal village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahal village was 84.47 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Mahal Male literacy stands at 90.23 % while female literacy rate was 78.76 %.

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

Mahal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 121 - -
Population 569 282 287
Child (0-6) 54 26 28
Schedule Caste 269 133 136
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.47 % 90.23 % 78.76 %
Total Workers 159 129 30
Main Worker 99 - -
Marginal Worker 60 37 23

Caste Factor

In Mahal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 47.28 % of total population in Mahal village. The village Mahal currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahal village out of total population, 159 were engaged in work activities. 62.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.74 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 159 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.